Gajanan Sitaram Dharmik and Others. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Pso Ps Dabki Road Akola and Anr.
Quashing of FIR – Matrimonial dispute
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), Criminal Application (APL) No.1257 of 2025, decided 20/02/2026 by Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J. Quashing application by Gajanan Sitaram Dharmik (husband) and seven relatives against FIR in Crime No.231/2023 (Sections 323, 498-A, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC, P.S. Dabki Road, Akola) and consequent trial RCC No.115/2024 before 7th JMFC, Akola, arising from a matrimonial dispute with wife Devki Gajanan Dharmik. FIR quashed qua applicant Nos.2-8 (relatives) as allegations were general, omnibus and vague with no specific instances, in view of settled Supreme Court position on Section 498-A IPC; husband's prayer rejected in light of the domestic-violence-court finding against him. Background: wife's PWDV Act 2005 application; divorce petition allowed by Family Court, Akola (per counsel's submission). Keywords: quashing of FIR; 498-A IPC; omnibus/vague allegations against relatives; matrimonial cruelty; Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005; Family Court Akola divorce.