Sunil Narayan Phad and Others v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR; F.I.R. No. 641 of 2023 dated 02.11.2023; Vivekanand Chowk Police Station, Latur; Sections 498-A, 313, 323, 504, 506 r/w Section 34 IPC; dowry/cruelty allegations; acquittal by Judicial Magistrate (F.C.), Latur in Regular Criminal Case No. 1439 of 2024; acquittal judgment dated 26.03.2025 marked 'X'; Respondent No.2-wife confirmed acquittal; writ petition disposed of as infructuous; High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench; Criminal Writ Petition No. 43 of 2024; bench Sandipkumar C. More and Mehroz K. Pathan JJ.; decided 23 September 2025; advocates K. N. Shermale (petitioner), A.V. Lavte (State), Yogesh G. Birajdar i/b Nadev S. Shinde (Respondent No.2).
What did the court decide?
In view of the acquittal of all the petitioners in Regular Criminal Case No. 1439 of 2024 (arising out of the F.I.R.) by the Judicial Magistrate (F.C.), Latur, confirmed by counsel for Respondent No.2, nothing survives in the writ petition seeking quashing of the F.I.R.; the petition is disposed of as infructuous without any adjudication of the quashing prayer.