IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.820 OF 2025 Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh @ Malbari @ ] Shabbir Takla @ Humnaam @ Shahid @ ] Shakil s/o Late Abubakar Moinuddin Shaikh ] Age: 53, Occ: Business, ] R/at: 402, A Wing, Asmita Orient, ] Opp- Asmita Club, Station Road, ] Mira Road (E), Mumbai – 401 107 ]

(Presently lodged in Arthur Road Jail ] … Appellant V/s.

1. The National Investigating Agency, ] 7^th Floor, MTNL Telephone Exchange, ] Building, Cumballa Hill, Pedder Road, ]

Mumbai – 400 026 ] … Respondent No.1 2. The State of Maharashtra ] … Respondent No.2 Mr. Sandeep Karnik a/w Mr. Darsh Gala, Mr. Vivek Upadhyay i/by Mr.

Vishwajeet Nimbalkar for the Appellant.

Mr. Anil C. Singh, The Additional Solicitor General of India a/w Mr. Chintan Shah, Special PP, Mr. Prasanna Bhangale, Mr. Krishnakant Deshmukh, Mr.

Rajdatt Nagr for Respondent-U.O.I.

Ms. Prajakta P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State.

Mr. Sashikant Singh, PI, NIA Mumbai, Present.

Ms. Shipra Singh, PI NIA Mumbai, Present.

Mr. Pravin Ingawale, SP, NIA, Mumbai, Present.

CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ.

RESERVED ON : 13^th March, 2026.

PRONOUNCED ON : 15^th April, 2026.

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