Avadhoot Chavan v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 3538 of 2024; Avadhoot Chavan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction; Ashwin D. Bhobe, J.; decided 23 March 2026; withdrawal of writ petition permitted with liberty; liberty to file discharge application before Trial Court; discharge application to be considered on own merits and in accordance with law; FIR No. 430 of 2024 Park Site Police Station; C R No. 51 of 2024 DCB CID X; FIRs dated 31-05-2024; Respondent No. 2 FIR; proceedings before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate 37th Court, Esplande Court, Mumbai; quashing of FIR sought but not pressed; no objection by learned APP Sukanta Karmakar; counsel Chaitanya Kotnis a/w Dhananjay Kandharkar, Shriya Kandharkar i/b Amrendra Sinha; PI Vishal Raje, Crime Branch Unit-10, present; no statute or precedent cited; no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition No. 3538 of 2024 disposed of as withdrawn, with liberty to the Petitioner to file an Application seeking discharge before the Trial Court at the appropriate stage; any such application to be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law. No FIR was quashed and no interim stay was granted.