Mangesh S/O Ramkrushna Sathe v. State of Maha Thr Its Pso Kharangna (Morangana) Tq. Arvi
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Writ Petition 257/2025, Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench, order dated 20/08/2025 by Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J. Petitioner Mangesh Ramkrushna Sathe; respondent State of Maharashtra, P.S. Kharangna (Morangana), District Wardha. Subject: addition of informant/original complainant as party, in the context of a discharge application where the original complainant is said to be a necessary party (per Yuvraj Sitaram Dhamale vs State Of Maharashtra and another, (2024) 1 High Court Cases (Bom) 634, relied on by counsel). Directions: liberty to add informant; notice to informant returnable after two weeks; amendment forthwith; service by all modes. Advocates: Atharva Sunil Manohar (petitioner); H. N. Prabhu, APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory directions: liberty granted to the petitioner to add the informant as a party; notice to the informant returnable after two weeks; amendment permitted forthwith; service on the informant permitted by all modes of service. Petition not finally disposed.