Bombay High Court
Maroti S/O Domaji Ramteke And Others vs The State Of Maharashtra, Through P.S. ... on 15 February, 2016
Author: B.P. Dharmadhikari
Bench: B.P. Dharmadhikari, V.M. Deshpande
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NAGPUR BENCH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION (APL) NO. 712 OF 2015
1. Maroti s/o Domaji Ramteke,
aged 65 years, occupation -
Retired.
2. Minakshi w/o Marotrao Ramteke,
aged 60 years, occupation -
Household.
3. Varsha wd/o Dharmendra Bansod,
aged 45 years, occupation -
Household.
4. Sau. Harsha w/o Dattaraj Meshram,
aged 35 years, occupation -
Household.
5. Ajay s/o Marotrao Ramteke,
aged 40 years, occupation -
Private Service.
All the applicants are resident of
Greater Kailash Nagar, Near Prabhu
Colony, Benoda, Amravati 444 605. ... APPLICANTS
Versus
1. The State of Maharashtra
through Police Station Badnera,
District - Amravati.
2. Sau. Bhavana w/o Dhiraj Gajbhiye,
aged about 27 years,
occupation - Household,
r/o c/o Nanda Gedam, Panch
Bangala, Badnera, Tq. & Dist. -
Amravati. ... NON-APPLICANTS.
Shri Amol Patil, Advocate for the applicants.
Shri V.A. Thakare, APP for non-applicant No. 1.
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Smt. S.W. Deshpande, Advocate for non-applicant No. 2.
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CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI &
V.M. DESHPANDE, JJ.
FEBRUARY 15, 2016.
ORAL JUDGMENT : (PER B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J.)
Heard Shri Patil, learned counsel for the applicants, Shri Thakare, learned APP for non-applicant No. 1 and Smt. Deshpande, learned counsel for non-applicant No. 2.
2. The prayer of five applicants before this Court in present matter is to quash and set aside Domestic Violence Case No. 254 of 2014 pending on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amravati and Criminal Complaint Case No. 120 of 2015, also pending before the very same Court.
3. This Court has on 07.10.2015, while issuing notice in the matter, stayed the proceedings in both matters.
4. The short submission of Shri Patil, learned counsel, is in Domestic Violence case as also in Criminal Complaint Case, the complainant - non-applicant No. 2 has joined her ::: Uploaded on - 17/02/2016 ::: Downloaded on - 31/07/2016 05:18:20 ::: apl712.15 3 husband, his parents as party respondents. Along with them, the present applicants who are not relatives of husband have also been impleaded. He points out that as per allegations, applicant No. 4 is alleged to be having extra marital relations with her husband and applicant Nos. 1 & 2 are her parents.
Applicant No. 3 is her married sister while applicant No. 4 is her married brother. He also states that non-applicant nowhere pleads that her husband has been staying with the applicants and she has been staying with her husband as a part of their family.
5. The learned APP submits that on the basis of complaint as filed, appropriate steps have been taken. He is relying upon reply affidavit.
6. Smt. Deshpande, learned counsel for respondent No. 2 is also relying upon the reply affidavit. She submits that relations between her husband and applicant No. 4 can be proved at appropriate juncture in the proceedings before the lower court.
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8. In this situation, cognizance of Domestic Violence Case No. 254 of 2014 or then Criminal Complaint Case No. 120 of 2015 and FIR registered vide Crime No. 125 of 2015 as against the applicants is unsustainable. Therefore, we quash and set aside the cognizance already taken to that extent.
9. Accordingly, we make the rule absolute in terms of prayer clauses (a) and (b) of the application qua these applicants. Criminal Application is partly allowed and disposed of.
10. Needless to mention that the proceedings can continue against the husband and his parents.
JUDGE JUDGE
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