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INTHEHIGHCOURTOFJUDICATUREATBOMBAY,
NAGPURBENCH,NAGPUR.
CRIMINALAPPLICATION(APL)NO.874/2018
1.VishnuS/oJanujiSardar
Agedabout51yrs.,Occ.Agriculture
2.Nandaw/oVishnuSardar
Agedabout44yrs.,Occ.Household
No.1and2R/oMilindNagarPatur,
Tah.Patur,District-Akola.
[email protected]/oSukhdevraoSardar
Agedabout38yrs.,Occ.Agriculture
4.Sau.JayashreeSunilSardar
Agedabout35yrs.,Occ.Household
5.Anils/oSukhdevraoSardar
Agedabout35yrs.,Occ.Agriculture
No.3to5R/oShirla,Tah.Patur,
DistrictAkola
6.Kailass/oSuryabhanPawar
Agedabout52yrs.,Occ.Agriculture
7.Sau.Sunitaw/oKailasPawar
Agedabout40yrs.,Occ.Household
8.Swapnils/oKailasPawar
Agedabout21yrs.,Occ.Education
No.6to8R/oWaghjali,Tah.Barshitakli,
Dist.Akola
….APPLICANTS
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VERSUS
1.StateofMaharashtra
throughPoliceStationOfficer,
PoliceStation,Patur,Dist.Akola.
2.Asmitaw/oKamleshSardar
Agedabout32yrs.,Occ.Service,
R/o.Govt.PoliceQuarters,Yeoda
Tah.Daryapur,District-Amravati
3.Kamleshs/oSukhdevraoSardar
Agedabout36yrs.,Occ.Service
4.Tulsabaiw/oSukhdevraoSardar
Agedabout60yrs.,Occ.Nil
5.Sukhdevraos/oJanujiSardar
Agedabout65yrs.,Occ.Nil
AllR/oSamtaNagar,KhanapurRoad,
Patur,Tah.Patur,District-Akola
…NON-APPLICANTS
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ShriA.M.Tirukh,Advocateforapplicants
ShriS.A.Ashirgade,A.P.P.forrespondentno.1/State
ShriD.V.Mahajan,Advocateforrespondentno.2
ShriBadalLonareand
ShriS.B.Gandhi,AdvocatesforRespondentnos.3to5
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CORAM:-P.N.DESHMUKHAND
SMT.PUSHPAV.GANEDIWALA,JJ.
DATED:-25/06/2019
ORALJUDGMENT(SectionPerSmt.PushpaV.Ganediwala,J.):
Rulereturnableforthwith.Heardfinallybyconsent.
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2.Inthisapplication,theapplicants1to8andnon-
applicants3to5againstwhomtheF.I.R.isregisteredatPoliceStation
Patur,Dist.AkolavideCrimeNo.127/2018fortheoffencepunishable
underSection498-AreadwithSection34ofIndianPenalCode,sought
quashingofthesaidFirstInformationReport.
3.WehaveheardShriTirukh,learnedCounselforthe
applicants,ShriAshirgade,learnedA.P.P.fortheState,ShriMahajan,
learnedCounselforrespondentno.2andShriLonare/ShriGandhi,
learnedCounselforrespondentnos.3to5.
4.Attheoutset,non-applicantno.2/wifeinheraffidavitin
replysubmitsthatthematrimonialdisputebetweennon-applicantno.
2andherhusband-KamleshSukhdevraoSardarhasbeenamicably
settledbeforetheCourtofCivilJudge,SeniorDivision,Akoladuring
thependencyofthedivorcepetitionbetweentheparties.Nowshedoes
notwanttoproceedwithhercomplaint.
5.BoththepartiesinpersonarepresentbeforetheCourt.We
havepersonallyinquiredwiththemandconfirmedaboutthesame.In
suchcircumstancesandinviewofthejudgmentoftheHon’bleApex
CourtinthecaseofB.S.JoshiandOthersVs.StateofHaryanaand
anotherreportedin(2003)4SCC675,whereinitisheldthatwhere
partieshavesettledtheirmatrimonialdispute,thisCourtshould
exercisepowerunderSection482oftheCodeofCriminalProcedureto
giveanendtotheCriminalproceedings,wefindthatcontinuationof
CriminalProceedingswouldunnecessarilycreateproblemin
maintainingharmonyintheirfamilylives.Inparanos.14and15ofthe
caseofB.S.Joshi(Supra),itisobservedthat:
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“14.ThereisnodoubtthattheobjectofintroducingChapterXX-A
containingSection498-AinSectiontheIndianPenalCodewastoprevent
torturetoawomanbyherhusbandorbyrelativesofherhusband.
Section498-Awasaddedwithaviewtopunishingahusbandandhis
relativeswhoharassortorturethewifeofcoerceherorherrelatives
tosatisfyunlawfuldemandsofdowry.Thehypertechnicalviewwould
becounterproductiveandwouldactagainstinterestsofwomenand
againsttheobjectforwhichthisprovisionwasadded.Thereisevery
likelihoodthatnon-exerciseofinherentpowertoquashthe
proceedingstomeettheendsofjusticewouldpreventwomenfrom
settlingearlier.ThatisnottheobjectSectionofChapterXX-AoftheIndian
PenalCode.
15.Inviewoftheabovediscussion,weholdthattheHighCourtin
exerciseofitsinherentpowerscanquashcriminalproceedingsorFIR
orcomplaintandSection320oftheCodedoesnotlimitoraffectthe
powersunderSection482oftheCode.”
Inviewofsettledlegalposition,weareinclinedtopassthe
followingorder:
ORDER
i)Criminalapplicationisallowed.
ii)FirstInformationReportregisteredagainst
applicantsandrespondentnos.3to5videCrimeNo.127/2018forthe
offencepunishableunderSection498-AreadwithSection34ofIndian
PenalCodeisquashedandsetasideonapplicantnos.1to8and
respondentnos.3to5depositingcosts.
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iii)Applicantnos.1to8andrespondentnos.2to5
shalldepositjointlycostsofrupeestwenty-fivethousandwiththe
RegistryofthisCourtwithinthreeweeksfromtoday.Ondepositingthe
same,amountshallbeforwardedtoPoliceWelfareFund,Akola.
6.Ruleismadeabsoluteintheaforesaidterms.Noorderas
tocosts.
JUDGEJUDGE
D.S.Baldwa
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