Case Note & Summary
The petitioner, Hemang Jadavji Shah, a 50-year-old businessman currently lodged in Arthur Road Jail, filed Writ Petition No. 2989 of 2025 before the High Court of Bombay (Vacation Court) under its criminal writ jurisdiction. He arrayed the State of Maharashtra through the Public Prosecutor, the Senior Police Inspector of the Economic Offences Wing, Unit-5, and the Senior Police Inspector of Malabar Hill Police Station as respondents. The petition was taken up for hearing on 30 May 2025 by a Division Bench comprising Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan. Senior Advocate Ravi Prakash, along with a team of lawyers, appeared for the petitioner, while Additional Public Prosecutor S. V. Gavand represented the State. Senior Advocate Amit Desai represented the first informant. At the outset, the court issued rule and made it returnable forthwith, indicating that the petition raised a prima facie case deserving immediate consideration. The court decided to take up the petition for final disposal. The arguments of the petitioner’s counsel and the prosecution were heard, and the first informant’s counsel made a request, the details of which are not fully reflected in the available excerpt. The judgment does not record any further submissions, nor does it disclose the specific legal issues, grounds urged by the petitioner, or the final order passed. The available text ends abruptly, leaving the substantive outcome unknown. Thus, the nature of the relief sought—whether it pertains to bail, quashing of FIR, or any other direction—remains unclear. The only concrete fact is that the court admitted the petition and proceeded to dispose of it after hearing the parties. No case laws or statutory provisions were cited in the provided text.
Issue of Consideration
WRIT PETITION NO. 2989 OF 2025
