MUMBAI: Bombay HC dismissed Satara further periods choose Dhananjay Nikam, and Palghar civil choose (senior division) Irfan Shaikh for severe misconduct.Shaikh, throughout his stint as further chief metropolitan Justice of the Peace at Ballard Pier courtroom, was concerned in a highway accident in 2022. Shaikh instructed TOI over telephone that the allegations have been baseless. “I'll problem my dismissal in courtroom,” he stated.Police registered an FIR beneath Prevention of Corruption Act, and BNS provisions in opposition to Nikam and two others for allegedly demanding Rs 5 lakh bribe from a girl for releasing on bail her father, who was in judicial custody in a dishonest case.Nikam moved HC for anticipatory bail. HC, whereas denying him pre-arrest bail, stated, “Now we have perused the probe papers and, the alleged dialog between Nikam and the complainant. There's a ample incriminating materials in opposition to the applicant to attach him with the crime in query.”“This conduct of the applicant, prima facie, corroborates prosecution case. Contemplating total details and circumstances, I'm not inclined to launch the applicant on anticipatory bail,” stated choose NR Borkar in his March 17 order.
