IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO(S). 3826 OF 2023 (ARISING OUT OF S.L.P. (CRIMINAL) NO(S).14841/2023)
MOHABBATALI ANWARALI KHAN @ CHINKU APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties.
Leave granted.
The appellant has undergone incarceration for a period of six
and a half years. There is no progress made in the trial in the
sense that out of 56 witnesses named in the charge-sheet, only 01
witness has been examined. The charge-sheet has been filed in May,
2017 and the charges were famed in 2021. The trial is not likely
to be concluded in near future. Even in the impugned order, there
is no reliance placed on any antecedent of the appellant.
Considering the apprehension expressed by the learned counsel
appearing for the respondent-State that the appellant may abscond,
appropriate terms and conditions can be fixed while granting bail
to the appellant.
For that purpose, we direct that the appellant shall be
produced before the Trial Court within a period of one week from
today. The Trial Court shall enlarge the appellant on bail on
appropriate terms and conditions. The respondent-State shall be
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heard before fixing t...