ASHISH VIRENDRA PRATAP SINGH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

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wp 4116-25 -GA revised.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION LAXMI SUBHASH SONTAKKE WRIT PETITION NO. 4116 OF 2025 Digitally signed by LAXMI SUBHASH SONTAKKE Date: 2025.08.07 18:14:04 +0530 Ashish Virendra Pratap Singh .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr. Ashok Dubey a/w Anil Pandey i/b. SAVJ Law Solutions for the Petitioner. Mr. S. V. Gavand, APP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Prashant Pandey a/w Sumati Gupta, Ridima Mangaokar for the proposed Intervener/Complainant. CORAM: RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, JJ. DATE: AUGUST 01, 2025 Oral Judgment (Per Gautam A. Ankhad, J.):- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of the parties. 2. The Petitioner filed the present Petition seeking the following reliefs:- Laxmi 1/8 wp 4116-25 -GA revised.odt “(a) Rule may be issued. (b) This Hon’ble Court may be please issue writ of mandamus in the nature of mandamus direct the Respondent not to take any adverse step/action against the present Petitioner in C.R. No. 94 of 2025 registered with Mumbra Police Station for the alleged offence u/s. 34, 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 500 of I.P.C. …” 3. The Petitioner claims that he has been falsely implicated for offences punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467, 471, and 500 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, at the instance of one Mr. Devendra Jagdish Singh. The FIR No. 94 of 2025 was registered at 4:03 AM on 16 th January 2025 at Mumbra Police Station, Thane. The Petitioner has been arrayed as a co-accused. Pursuant thereto, the Petitioner alleges that he was arrested by Respondent Nos. 4 to 6 on 17th January 2025 and was taken by a Police Constable for a medical examination to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital, T