AYYAPA SWAMI vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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904.APL 343-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.343 OF 2025 Mr. Ayyappa Swami Age 42 Years, Occ. Private Banking Sector, R/o. Flat No.D-101, Megapolis Mystic, Hinjewadi Phase-3, Pune-411 057 … Applicant V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra Through Police Station Officer, Police Station, Hinjewadi, Pune 2. Mrs.Rushali Purushottam Gupta (Informant) Age 42 Years, Occ. Service at TCS Private Sector. R/o. Flat No.B-1606, Megapolis Sangariya Society, Hinjewadi Phase-3, Bhairwadi, Pune-411 057 … Respondents ------ Mr. Mohan Anant Vishnu for the Applicant. Ms. Gauri S. Rao, A.P.P. for Respondent No.1-State. Mr. Sumit Gadade i/b Mr. Shubham Gadade for Respondent No.2. Ms. Seema Mundhe, Hinjewadi Police Station, Chinchwad, Pune, present. ------ CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ. Rajesh Chittewan, PS 1/16 904.APL 343-2025.doc RESERVED ON : 20th NOVEMBER, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 18th DECEMBER, 2025 Judgment (Per Sandesh D. Patil, J.) 1) Heard learned Counsel for the Applicant, learned A.P.P. for the Respondent No.1-State and learned Counsel for the Respondent No.2. 2) Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith with the consent of the parties and is taken up for final disposal. Ms. Gauri S. Rao, learned A.P.P. waives notice on behalf of Respondent No.1- State and Mr. Sumit Gadade, learned Counsel waives notice on behalf of the Respondent No.2. 3) By the present Criminal Application, the Applicant is praying for quashing and setting aside of the F.I.R. registered vide C.R. No.51 of 2025, with the Hinjewadi Police Station, Pune on 24 th January, 2025, against the Applicant for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 351(1), 351(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the “BNS Act”