NILESH ALIAS NICKY HARSHLAL DINGRA vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS — WP/4044/2025

Case Summary: WP/4044/2025 The Bombay High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed both the externment order (July 12, 2024) and the appellate order (January 30, 2025). The court found that the externment order under the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, lacked proper legal foundation: (1) substantial time gap weakened the link between old crimes and the externment measure; (2) confidential witness statements were unverified and general in nature, with no recorded subjective satisfaction that witnesses feared for safety; and (3) most critically, the authority failed to record reasons justifying the maximum two-year externment period, violating Supreme Court precedent requiring documented subjective satisfaction for such restrictions on fundamental rights. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.