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Bombay HC Questions Maharashtra’s Denial of Police Clearance to 26/11 Acquitted Man

The state bases its refusal on a confidential dossier under 2014 PCC rules.

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Trying to rebuild his life after release, he found temporary work at a printing press until it shut during Covid-19. Since then, he has been surviving on odd jobs, and his latest attempt to secure a livelihood — by driving an auto-rickshaw — has now landed in court (Hindustan Times)

Overview

  • The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court it rejected Fahim Ansari’s Police Clearance Certificate because he remains under surveillance for suspected links to a banned terror organisation.
  • Public Prosecutor Mankhuwar Deshmukh cited August 2014 guidelines governing PCCs and referred to a confidential report that, the state says, keeps Ansari under watch.
  • A division bench asked under what law the certificate was refused despite Ansari’s acquittal in the 26/11 case, with one report quoting the bench as calling the government resolution “illegal.”
  • Ansari’s petition says he needs the PCC and a PSV badge to drive an autorickshaw for livelihood; an RTI reply in August 2024 conveyed the rejection citing alleged LeT links.
  • Courts earlier acquitted him in the 26/11 case, a ruling upheld up to the Supreme Court, while he separately served a 10-year sentence in the 2008 Rampur CRPF attack; Friday’s hearing was adjourned to Saturday after no lawyer appeared for him.