Xyz v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Name redaction from e-Court Portal; Criminal Writ Petition allowed; Article 226 Constitution of India; section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; C.R. No. 319 of 2023 Mulund Police Station; sections 376, 376(2)(n) and 417 IPC; prosecutrix affidavit dated 18 April 2024 consenting to quashing; amicable settlement; Sessions Case No. 940 of 2023; prior Criminal Writ Petition No. 2344 of 2024; stigma and social prejudice; direction to Criminal Writ Petition Branch with Central Project Coordinator and Principal Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai; Bombay High Court, 22 January 2026; petitioner Akshay Madan Kharat versus State of Maharashtra.
What did the court decide?
Redaction of the petitioner's name from the e-Court Portal in connection with C.R. No. 319 of 2023, to be carried out by the Criminal Writ Petition Branch of the High Court of Bombay in coordination with the Central Project Coordinator and the Principal Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai.