# SANJAY PANDURANG SINGHAN vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Court: Bombay High Court
Date: 2025-12-16
Citation: APL/568/2024
Petitioner: SANJAY PANDURANG SINGHAN
Respondent: STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

2025:BHC-AS:55772-DB apl 568 of 2024-2.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.568 OF 2024 Sanjay Pandurang Singhan ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. … Respondents Mr. Viral Rathod with Ms. Shivani Shinde, for Applicant. Mrs. R.S.Tendulkar, APP for State. Mr. Sahil Choudhari, for Respondent No.2. Mr. Devidas Pokale, Kasturba Marg Police Station present. CORAM: N.J.JAMADAR, J. RESERVED ON : 27 NOVEMBER 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 16 DECEMBER 2025 JUDGMENT : 1. By this application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘the Code’), the Applicant seeks quashing of the Criminal Proceedings being CC No.1171/PW/2025, arising out of C.R.No.213 of 2024 registered at Kasturba Marg Police Station, and the order of cognizance dated 5 March 2025 passed by the learned Magistrate, 68 th Court, Borivali, Mumbai, thereby issuing the process against the Applicant for an offence punishable under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘the Penal Code’). 2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the background facts leading to this application can be stated as under : 2.1 The Applicant is a social worker and hu

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