Rohidas Gangadhar Deokar v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction — Criminal Writ Petition No. 2174 of 2024, Rohidas Gangadhar Deokar v. The State of Maharashtra, decided 12 February 2025 (Revati Mohite Dere & Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ.). Keywords: fresh investigation; C.R. No. 353/2022, Ale Phata Police Station, Pune Rural; deletion of Section 307 IPC; charge-sheet under Section 324 IPC; assault with koyta; addition of Section 307 at framing of charge left to Magistrate's discretion on merits; only three accused charge-sheeted (Shivaji Padhir, Shubham Padhir, Suman Padhir); action against Investigating Officer left to appropriate forum; petition disposed of; representation of petitioner; A.P.P. Mrs. P. P. Shinde; ASI Sachin Namdeo Patil present from Ale Phata Police Station.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; petition disposed of. The prosecution's statement that it will apply for addition of Section 307 at the time of framing of charge was accepted, with any such application to be decided by the learned Magistrate on its own merits; liberty effectively left to the petitioner to take appropriate steps against the Investigating Officer before the appropriate forum in accordance with law.