Mohammad Imran Mohammad Mustufa & Ors. v. State ofMaharashtra & Anr.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Allowed
The application is allowed in the above terms anddisposed of
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 66. The application is allowed in the above terms anddisposed of. JUDGEKavita
Judgment
1 / 3 21-apl 788-24IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAYNAGPUR BENCH : NAGPURCRIMINAL APPLICATION(APL) NO. 788 OF 2024 Mohammad Imran Mohammad Mustufa and ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra and anr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's Orders.or directions and Registrar's orders.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mr.M.A.Iqbal, counsel for the applicants. Mr.N.S.Raut, APP for the State. Mr.Sameer M.Khan, Imran Deshmukh counsel for non applicantNo.
CORAM : MRS. VRUSHALI V. JOSHI, J. DATE : 28/04/20261. By this application the applicants are seekingquashing and setting aside of the Charge-sheet being RCCNo. 81 of 2024 pending on the file of 3rd JMFC, Yavatmalarising out of the First Information Report No.1379 of 2023,registered by Police Station Awadhutwadi, Yavatmal for theoffence punishable under Sections 3 and 4 of DowryProhibition Act, 1961 and Section 498-A r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code.2. Applicant No. 1 is the husband and is presentthrough video conferencing. Applicant Nos. 2 to 5 are the in-laws of non-applicant No. 2. During the pendency of thepresent application, the dispute has been amicably settledKavita 2 / 3 21-apl 788-24between the parties. Applicant No. 1 has obtained divorcefrom non-applicant No. 2.
Non-applicant No. 2 has also appeared throughvideo conferencing and has been duly identified by herlearned Advocate. She has stated that she has no grievancewhatsoever against any of the applicants. She further statedthat, following the dissolution of marriage with applicantNo. 1, she has no grievance against the in-laws as well.
Non-applicant No. 2 has expressly stated that shehas no objection for quashing and setting aside the charge-sheet, being RCC No. 81 of 2024, pending on the file of thelearned 3rd Judicial Magistrate First Class, Yavatmal, filedagainst the applicants.
In view of the settlement and the statement madeby non-applicant No. 2, and as she has no grievance againstthe applicants, Charge-sheet being RCC No. 81 of 2024pending on the file of 3rd JMFC, Yavatmal arising out of the First Information Report No.1379 of 2023, registered by Police Station Awadhutwadi, Yavatmal for the offencepunishable under Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act,1961 and Section 498-A r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code ishereby quashed and set aside only subject to the applicantsand the Non applicant No.2 depositing Rs.10,000/- (rupeesten thousand only) each with the Public Welfare AccountKavita 3 / 3 21-apl 788-24maintained with Union Bank of India, High Court Branch, Civil Lines, Nagpur bearing Account No.129712010001014and IFSC Code UBIN0812978 and producing the receiptthereof on record within three weeks.
Operative part
The application is allowed in the above terms anddisposed of. JUDGEKavita
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: The application is allowed in the above terms anddisposed of
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
DowryProhibition Act, 1961 — ss. 3, 4; Indian Penal Code, 1860; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — ss. 3, 4.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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