Sushila Pralhad Salunke and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Disposal-only order; no merits adjudicated, hence limited citation value. Keywords: quashing of FIR; withdrawal of writ petition with liberty; composite petition; F.I.R. No. 0190 of 2024, Bhor Police Station, Pune; Sections 498A, 504, 506, 323 r/w 34 I.P.C.; Section 528 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Article 226 Constitution of India; charge-sheet filed during pendency; contentions left open. Practice point: where a charge-sheet is filed while a quashing petition against the FIR alone is pending, the Court may permit withdrawal with liberty to file a composite petition challenging both FIR and charge-sheet.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file a composite Petition challenging the FIR and the charge-sheet in Crime No. 0190 of 2024; contentions of parties left open. ¶¶26