Vishal Vasant Pawar and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Quashing of FIR — Criminal Writ Petition No. 461 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 12 November 2025 by Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ & Gautam A. Ankhad, J.; FIR No. 131 of 2024, Goregaon Police Station, Taluka-Maangaon, District Raigad, dated 5 December 2024; revenge/vengeance allegation in matrimonial dispute; notice in divorce proceedings; legal notice under section 9, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; cruelty need not be physical — harassment through spoken words; charge-sheet laid before writ petition; abuse of process of law; vague complaint; petitioner no.7 uncle residing in USA; State of Haryana & Ors. v. Bhajan Lal & Ors., 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335; Rajesh Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr, (2018) 10 SCC 472; writ petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Merely because a petition under section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 has been filed or a divorce proceeding has been taken out, it cannot be inferred that the criminal proceeding has been instituted against the petitioners to take revenge.