Overview

• Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashish Awari issued the notice on July 4 after Amboli Police failed to file the mandated CrPC Section 202 inquiry report in the defamation and stalking case.
• The January order required the police to complete a preliminary probe and submit findings by February 15, but officers missed two consecutive deadlines.
• Amboli Police must respond by July 28 or risk contempt proceedings for ignoring court directives.
• Yasmeen Wankhede lodged the complaint after NCP leader Nawab Malik publicly targeted her following her brother’s NCB arrest of Malik’s son-in-law in 2021.
• The prolonged legal tussle underscores tensions between anti-narcotics enforcement and regional political figures in Mumbai.