Kiran Yadav v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction, Writ Petition No.6159 of 2021, decided 22 April 2026 by A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata, JJ. Maintainability of an Article 226 writ petition seeking a direction for lodgment of crime where the police took no cognizance of a complaint dated 25th October 2021 — held not maintainable; remedy is a private complaint before the jurisdictional Magistrate; M. Subramaniam & Anr. Vs. S. Janaki & Anr., (2020) 16 SCC 728 relied on. Petition withdrawn with liberty; Interim Applications Nos.399 of 2026 and 1768 of 2024 disposed of as not surviving. Counsel: Nilesh Ojha with Abhishek Mishra, Anushka Sonawane, Devkrishna Bhambri, Shivam Gupta and Tanveer Nizam for the Petitioner; P.P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file a private complaint before the jurisdictional Magistrate on the basis of the complaint dated 25th October 2021, as may be permissible in law; Interim Application Nos.399 of 2026 and 1768 of 2024 disposed of as not surviving.