Bombay HC upholds arrest of suspended police officer Sachin Waze in Antilia bomb scare case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by former Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze challenging his arrest in the Antilia bomb scare case, reported Bar and Bench.

Waze was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in March 2021 for his alleged role in placing an explosives-laden vehicle at Carmichael road, which is close to industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s home.

Twenty gelatin sticks were recovered from a black SUV found less than two km from Ambani’s multi-storey home Antilia, on February 25. The police had said the gelatin recovered from the car was the commercial type that is used in mining and construction, and not military grade.

The vehicle’s owner, Mansukh Hiren, an auto parts dealer, was found dead on March 5 in Kalwa creek.

The Mumbai Police had suspended Waze, a crime branch officer.

In his plea before the High Court, Waze had argued that there had been procedural violations in extending his remand.

He also contended that his arrest was illegal because no prior sanction had been granted by the Union government. A sanction was needed because he was an investigating officer in the case before he was arrested and therefore, acts attributed to him were part of his official duty as a public servant, The Indian Express quoted Waze as having argued.

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