Rajesh Asitesh Chattopadhyay and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Post-settlement quashing of FIR and charge-sheet under S.528 Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; FIR CR No. 248/2021, Kharghar Police Station, Navi Mumbai; charge-sheet RCC No. 186 of 2022; Sections 498/A, 323, 406, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC; amicable resolution of matrimonial dispute; voluntary consent affidavit marked X dated 21.01.2026; no objection by Respondent No. 2 (wife); APP supported quashing; Criminal Application No. 1587 of 2024; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; decided 21 January 2026; no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
Application allowed in terms of prayer clause (a): FIR bearing No. 248 of 2021 (registered with Kharghar Police Station, Navi Mumbai) and the charge-sheet bearing RCC No. 186 of 2022 are quashed; Criminal Application No. 1587 of 2024 disposed of with no order as to costs.