Aftab Alam Javed Khan And Ors vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr

Case Significance

Aftab Alam Javed Khan And Ors vs The State Of Maharashtra And Anr is a Bombay High Court decision dated December 4, 2024 (citation: ik-185999028). The petitioners, trustees of Madni Education Trust managing a madrasa, sought quashing of FIR No. 99/2013 under Section 153A IPC registered after an annual function where children participated in a program about Prophet Mohammad's life. The Court found the utterances during the educational program did not constitute promotion of enmity or hatred, and noted the incident occurred over a decade ago without a chargesheet being filed. The FIR was quashed under Section 482 CrPC, as the allegations The bench comprised Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande. The judgment was delivered by Justice Bharati Dangre. Counsel appearing: Kashif Jahagirdir (counsel for petitioner), Mohammad S. Mulla (counsel for petitioner), Qurban Kudle (counsel for petitioner), Ruby Shaikh (counsel for respondent), S.S. Kaushik (counsel for respondent).