IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2421 OF 2023 Kartik Mohan Prasad, Aged 43 years, Indian Inhabitant, permanently residing at Flat No.

D-105, Mary Gold Co.Op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd.

Thakur Village, Kandivali (E), Mumbai-400 101 and at present lodged in Taloja Central Prison, Taloja …..Petitioner Vs.

1. State Of Maharashtra, (At the instance of the Director General of Police (Maharashtra), Office of the Director General of Police, Police Headquarters, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai-400 001.

2. The Commissioner of Police, Office of the Commissioner of Police, Crawford Market, Mumbai-400 001.

3. The Senior Inspector of Police, Economic Offiences Wing, (EOW), Unit-9, Crime Branch, Mumbai-EOW C.R.No.73/16. …..Respondents Mr. Subhash Jha (Through VC) with Mr. Samir Vaidya, Ms. Neha Balani, Ms. Komol Thakur & Ms. Apeksha Sharma, i/b. Law Global Advocates, for the Petitioner.

Mr. Sandeep Karnik, Special Public Prosecutor with Mr. V. N. Sagare, APP, for Respondents-State.

CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND DR NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.

RESERVED ON : 12^th JULY, 2024.

PRONOUNCED ON : 18th JULY, 2024.

JUDGMENT (Per Dr. Neela Gokhale) :-

1) The present proceedi