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Dhrubojyoti Kashi Nath Banerjee and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

Bombay HC3 Mar 2025WP/521/2025

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What is this about?

Consent quashing of FIR in matrimonial/cruelty case: C.R. No.25 of 2024, Khadakwasla Police Station, Pune (27.03.2024), Sections 498-A, 313, 406 r/w 34 IPC; husband and in-laws filed Criminal Writ Petition No.521 of 2025 under Article 226; amicable settlement; wife-informant's no-objection affidavit dated 10.03.2025; charge-sheet not filed; petition allowed in terms of prayer clause (a); Bombay High Court; Gadkari & Patil, JJ.; decided 08.07.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:BHC-AS:29832-DB.

What did the court decide?

Quashing of C.R. No. 25 of 2024 registered with Khadakwasla Police Station, Pune City, in terms of prayer clause (a), with consent of Respondent No.2, the informant. ¶21

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2025:BHC-AS:29832-DB

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DDR 31. WP 521-25.doc

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

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CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.521 OF 2025

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1.	Dhrubojyoti Kashi Nath Banerjee Age : 32 years, Occ :	)
2.	Kashi Nath Banerjee Age : 69 years, Occ :	) )
3.	Shibani Kashi Nath Banerjee Age : 66 years, Occ :	) )
	All R/at: Flat No.B/31, Brindaban Garden, Near Swarna Vihar Society, Kagal Nagar, Sonari, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	) ) )
4.	Debojyoti Kashi Nath Banerjee Age 37 years, Occ :	) )
5.	Kamini Debojyoti Banerjee Age 37 years, Occ :	) )
	R/at: Plot No.58, Sidharth Nagar, Kardanur, Sangareddy, Telangana 502300.	) ) )	..Petitioners
	Vs.
1.	The State Of Maharashtra Through Khadakwasla Police Station Pune, in C.R.No.25 of 2024.	) ) )
2.	Mrs. Sonam Dhrubojyoti Banerjee Age 32 years, Occup: Housewife	) )
	House No. G/3, Shivane, Pune.	)
	(through Khadakwasla Police Station)	)	..Respondents

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DDR 31. WP 521-25.doc

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Ms. Reena Prajapati a/w. Mr. Ishan Pauadkar for Petitioners. Mr. Vinod Chate, APP for Respondent No.1-State. Ms. Bhagyashri Ranade for Respondent No.2.

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CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ.

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DATE : 8^th July, 2025.

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P.C. :-

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Husband (Petitioner No.1); father-in-law (Petitioner No.2); mother-in-law (Petitioner No.3); brother-in-law (Petitioner No.4) and sisterin-law (Petitioner No.5) have filed present Petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India, for quashing of C. R. No. 25 of 2024, registered with Khadakwasala Police Station, Pune City, dated 27^th March 2024, under Sections 498-A, 313, 406 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code, with consent of the Respondent No.2, the informant.

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1.1) At the outset, learned Advocate for the Petitioners, on instructions submitted that till date the police have not filed charge-sheet in the present crime.

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Learned Advocate for the Respondent No.2, on instructions concedes to the said fact.

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Learned Advocate for the Respondent No.2 submitted that, the Petitioner No.1 and Respondent No.2 have settled their disputes and

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DDR 31. WP 521-25.doc

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differences amicably and the Respondent No.2 has filed on record her Affidavit dated 10^th March 2025. It is stated therein that, the Petitioners and Respondent No.2 have settled their disputes amicably and she does not want to hold any grudge against the Petitioners. In Paragraph No.4, she has given her no objection for quashing of the crime in question.

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3.1) Though Respondent No.2 is personally not present in the Court, learned Advocate Ms. Bhagyashri Ranade submitted that, the Respondent No.2 has given her instructions to admit the contents of her Affidavit dated 10^th March 2025 and to give her ‘No Objection’ for quashing of the crime in question.

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In view of the above, Petition is allowed in terms of prayer

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clause (a).

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(RAJESH S. PATIL, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)

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Signed by: Diksha Rane Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 18/07/2025 18:05:00

Dhrubojyoti Kashi Nath Banerjee and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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