Pritam Patni @ Pritam Dilip Patni v. Dilipkumar Gulabchand Patni
Case at a glance
Outcome
Allowed
Criminal Application stands allowed
Provisions considered
Judgment
Cause title
The State of Maharashtra Through Police Inspector, Police Station, Shrigonda, Tq. Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar. Minal w/o Pritam Patni @ Minal d/o Pradipkumar Badjate, 2 20_Cri. Appln_1498_2019 Age 29 yrs., Occ. Household, R/o Shivaji Chowk, Main Road, Shrigonda, Tq. Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar. … Respondents
Mr. A.D. Ostwal, Advocate for applicants
Mr. A.M. Phule, APP for respondent No.1
Mr. Joydeep Chatterji, Advocate for respondent No.2 ...
CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI & HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ. DATE : 15th SEPTEMBER, 2025
ORDER :
. The applicants were facing the charges for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 vide First Information Report No.25/2019 dated
Operative part
06.01.2019 registered with Police Station, Shrigonda, Tq. Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar. Later on charge sheet came to be filed vide Regular Criminal Case No.191/2019 and is pending before learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Shrigonda. Now, learned Advocate for applicants as well as respondent No.2 are placing photo copy of the petition bearing No.E- 3 20_Cri. Appln_1498_2019 61/2020 before learned Family Court, Nanded under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. In the said petition there is a specific stipulation that present respondent No.2 would give no objection in the present application for quashing the First Information Report and the proceedings. Both the Advocates submit that pursuant to this petition the divorce was granted, however, they are not having the copy of the same, but certainly, there are instructions to learned Advocate representing respondent No.2 that respondent No.2 has performed second marriage and she has no objection for quashing of the proceedings. Therefore, we are of the opinion that this is a dead wood now, which is required to be wiped out without the formalities of asking the parties to produce the copy of the decree. Hence, following order. ORDER Criminal Application stands allowed. The proceedings in Regular Criminal Case No.191/2019 pending i) ii) before learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Shrigonda, Tq. Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar, arising out of First Information Report vide Crime No.25/2019 dated 06.01.2019 registered with Police Station, Shrigonda, Tq. Shrigonda, Dist. Ahmednagar, for the offence punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, stands 4 20_Cri. Appln_1498_2019 quashed and set aside as against applicants viz. 1) Pritam Patni @ Pritam Dilip Patni, 2) Dilipkumar Gulabchand Patni, 3) Sunanda w/o Dilipkumar Patni and 4) Pratiksha d/o Dilipkumar Patni @ Pratiksha d/o Dilip Patni. ( HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J. )
( SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J. )
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: Criminal Application stands allowed
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — s. 34; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Bombay High Court, on 15 Sep 2025. The bench was HITEN S VENEGAVKAR, VIBHA KANKANWADI.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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