IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2297 OF 2025 Shakoor Ahmed Jamaluddin Sayed Age : 60 years, Occ. Business R/o. Flat No. 11, Yash Apt.

Yash Co-op. Hsg. Soc., Opp of Ved mandir, Dhamankar Corner, Trambak Road, Nashik – 422 002. …..Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra .….Respondent -----

Adv. Vivekanand V. Krishnan a/w Adv. Nishant M. Bardiya, Adv.

Fakhruddin Khan - Advocate for the Petitioner.

Ms. M. M. Deshmukh - APP for the Respondent-State.

API Kishor Kolhe – EOW Nashik City.

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CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL &

S.M. MODAK, JJ.

DATE : 02^nd MAY 2025 JUDGMENT : (Per SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)

1. This is a petition for declaring the arrest of the Petitioner illegal in connection with C.R. No. 26 of 2025 registered with Sarkarwada Police Station, Nashik and consequent prayer is for his release on bail.

2. Heard learned Counsel Shri Krishnan for the Petitioner and learned APP Ms. Deshmukh for the Respondent-State.

3. The basic contention of the Petitioner is that he was not produced before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours as is the requirement of law and therefore, his arrest is illegal. Before referring to the questions of l