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Bhushan Baldev Khatri v. State of Maharashtra
Bombay HCWP/1580/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Maintainability of writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for lodgment of crime; police failure to take cognizance of complaint dated 26th January, 2025 at Ulhasnagar Police Station, District Thane; remedy of private complaint before jurisdictional Magistrate; reliance on M.Subramaniam & Anr. v. S. Janaki & Anr, (2020) 16 SCC 728; petition withdrawn with liberty; Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Writ Petition No. 1580 of 2025, decided 17th November, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Leave and liberty granted to withdraw the petition, with liberty to file a private complaint before the jurisdictional Magistrate on the basis of the complaint dated 26th January, 2025. ¶¶20