A Bombay High Court order on April 28 flagged illegal detention in a Kalyan MCOCA case, granting bail to accused Talib Raju Ali Irani, 20, and Saba Sawar Sayyed Irani, 35, after they spent nearly 2.5 years in judicial custody in connection with an attack on police personnel at Irani Basti in Ambivli near Kalyan.

“All I wanted was to get out of the prison. Just want to be out,” said Saba after the court granted her bail. Saba was taken into custody on December 30, 2023, and produced before a magistrate after over 48 hours. Holding the detention to be illegal, the court observed, “Though her name appears in the FIR, there is no specific role or overt act attributed to her.”