Sunita Sanjay Brahmane v. the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer Panchayat Samiti Rahta
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Bombay HC (Aurangabad Bench), Crl. W.P. No.10 of 2025, decided 14.01.2025 (Kankanwadi & Joshi, JJ.). Petitioner Sunita Sanjay Brahmane sought mandamus under Article 226 directing the Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, Panchayat Samiti Rahta and Addl. SP Shrirampur to register FIR under Sections 9, 10, 11 of the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006 over child marriages (including one on 17.03.2023 and another at Loni) after alleged inaction on complaints to Loni Police Station (03.12.2023), Udaan Project (26.12.2023), CMPO (11.11.2024) and SP (02.12.2024). Following Sakiri Vasu (2008) 2 SCC 409, Sudhir Bhaskarrao Tambe (2016) 6 SCC 277, T.C. Thangaraj (2011) 12 SCC 328 and M. Subramaniam (2020) 16 SCC 728, the Court held FIR-registration seekers must approach the Magistrate under Section 156(3) CrPC and High Courts should not entertain such pleas under Section 482 CrPC/Article 226; petition disposed with liberty to approach the Magistrate.