The Court dismissed the Criminal Writ Petition seeking quashing of an FIR lodged for offences under sections 354, 504, and 509 IPC. The Bench held that no extraordinary circumstances existed to exercise jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution or section 482 CrPC.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2230 OF 2021
Mr. Satyabeer Singh ..Petitioner Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Anr. ..Respondents
Mr. Ramesh Tripathi for Petitioner. Ms. S. D. Shinde, APP for State/Respondent No.1.
CORAM : NITIN JAMDAR AND SARANG V. KOTWAL, JJ.
DATE : 13 DECEMBER 2021
P.C. :
. Heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned APP.
Digitally signed by VINOD VINOD BHASKAR BHASKAR GOKHALE GOKHALE Date: 2021.12.17 13:29:56 +0530
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members. Her husband is Government servant. The Respondent No.2 is Managing committee member of the housing society. A meeting was held on 5 January 2020 in respect of functioning of the society. That time other committee members were present. After the meeting was over and the Respondent No.2 was coming out the Petitioner committed certain acts by touch and speech outraging modesty of the Respondent No.2. On this ground the F.I.R. was lodged.
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extraordinary circumstances, no such extraordinary circumstances exist.
(SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)
(NITIN JAMDAR, J.)
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether extraordinary circumstances exist to grant jurisdiction under Article 226 and section 482 CrPC to quash the FIR.
Whether the FIR should be quashed given the dispute between managing committee members and alleged lack of CCTV evidence.
3 provisions across 3 enactments
Mr. Satyabeer Singh
The State of Maharashtra
Sarang V. Kotwal
Nitin Jamdar
As recorded by the court registry
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