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Gauri Babasaheb Langote Alias … vs State Of Maharashtra And Anr on 1 September, 2023

2023:BHC-AS:25296-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Digitally
signed by
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BALAJI
BALAJI GOVINDRAO
GOVINDRAO PANCHAL
PANCHAL Date:
2023.09.01
11:59:15
+0530
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.2220 OF 2023

Ms. Gauri Babasaheb Langote
alias Gauri Arpan Shinde ..Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra Anr. ..Respondents

Mr. Shivraj Kunchge i/by Yashavant D. Nerurkar, for the Petitioner.
Mr. S. V. Gavand, APP for the Respondent No.1/State.
Mr. Mahindra Pandey a/w Ajitsingh Ghorpade, Anil Wagh Aayushi
Chauhan, for the Respondent No.2.

CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE
RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ.

DATE : 1st SEPTEMBER, 2023

P.C.

1. The respondent No.2/complainant got married with one
Ashish Yogesh More on 28th April, 2018. Alleging demand of dowry
and ill-treatment, a complaint came to be lodged on 14 th October,
2019, which has resulted into registration of offence being Crime
No.225 of 2019 registered with Mhasrul Police Station for the
offence punishable under Sections 498A, 323, 504 506 of IPC.
The petitioner herein, a co-accused in the aforesaid crime has
approached this Court with a prayer for quashing. On merit the
contentions are, the petitioner has nothing to do with the alleged
matrimonial discord between the respondent No.2/complainant, her
in-laws and husband.

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2. The respondent No.2/complainant is physically present
in the Court. The respondent No.2/complainant has placed on
record an affidavit before this Court duly sworn by her stating that
since the petitioner has assured that she shall never be contacting
respondent No.2/complainant and her family and shall not be
causing interference in the matter, the respondent No.2/
complainant is extending consent for quashing.

3. So as to confirm the contents of the affidavit and as to
whether the consent is extended by respondent No.2/complainant
out of her own free will, we requested learned APP, Mr. S. V. Gavand
to interact with the respondent No.2/complainant. The respondent
No.2/complainant has stated in her affidavit that she has sworn an
affidavit for extending consent for quashing of criminal proceedings
out of her own free will. The respondent No.2/complainant is
identified by not only her lawyer but also from her Aadhaar Card.

4. In view of above, the petition stands allowed in terms of
prayer clause (a).

5. The petition as such stands disposed of.

[RAJESH S. PATIL, J.] [NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.]

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