Avinash Mahesh Mishra v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 s. 528
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ss. 74, 75, 78, 79, 115(2), 351(2), 352
- Information Technology Act, 2000 ss. 66(E), 67
Key paragraphs
- Para 55. In view of the above, leave to withdraw the present Criminal Application is granted. Criminal Application No. 128 of 2025 is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed. [ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.] GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR Gitalaxmi
Judgment
Mr. K. H. Giri a/w Mr. Pratik Yadav, Ms. Prachi Gupta & Mr. Dhavan Giri, learned Advocates for the Applicant. Mr. Prasanna P. Malshe, learned A.P.P. for the State/Respondent. PSI Mr. Somnath Avhad attached to Tilak Nagar Police Station, Mumbai is present in the Court. __________ CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J. DATE : 7th JANUARY 2026. P.C. :
By the present Application filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Applicant has sought for the following substantive relief :-
a. This Hon’ble Court be pleased t quash the FIR registered against the Applicant u/s. 74, 75, 78, 79, 115(2), 351(2), 352 of B.N.S. Act, 2023 r/w S. 66(E) and 67 of IT Act, 2000 dated 07/09/2024 and Charge-sheet/Police Report vide C.C. No. 1572/PW/2024, pending on the file of Ld. Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vikhroli, Mumbai, culminated out of Tilak Nagar Police Station, FIR No. 444/2024.
Mr. Giri, learned Advocate for the Applicant on instructions from the Applicant craves leave to withdraw the present Criminal Application with liberty to file an Application seeking discharge Gitalaxmi before the Trial Court at an appropriate stage.
Mr. Prasanna Malshe, learned A.P.P. for the State/Respondent does not object for grant of the request made by Mr. Giri, learned Advocate for the Applicant.
If such Application is filed by the Applicant before the learned Trial Court, the same be considered on its own merits and in accordance with law.
In view of the above, leave to withdraw the present Criminal Application is granted. Criminal Application No. 128 of 2025 is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty as prayed. [ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.] GITALAXMI KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR Gitalaxmi
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 528; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — ss. 74, 75, 78, 79, 115(2), 351(2), 352; Information Technology Act, 2000 — ss. 66(E), 67.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Bombay High Court, on 07 Jan 2026. The bench was ASHWIN D BHOBE.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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