Dr. Baburao Sundarrao Solunke v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Dr. Baburao Sundarrao Salunke v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., Criminal Writ Petition No. 150 of 2020, Bombay High Court Bench at Aurangabad, decided 09.09.2025. Keywords: FIR non-registration; complaint dated 02.09.2019; writ of mandamus; Article 226; refusal to entertain writ petition; alternative remedy; Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.; Section 154(3) Cr.P.C.; Section 36 Cr.P.C.; Section 200 Cr.P.C.; Section 482 Cr.P.C.; Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P. (2008) 2 SCC 409 (relied); T.C. Thangaraj v. V. Engammal (2011) 12 SCC 328 (referred); Sudhir Bhaskarrao Tambe v. Hemant Yashwant Dhage (2016) 6 SCC 227 (referred); M. Subramaniam v. S. Janaki (2020) 16 SCC 728 (followed); liberty to approach Magistrate under Section 156(3); petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the learned Magistrate of competent jurisdiction under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure; no mandamus issued to the respondents to register the FIR.