SUBHASH KANTILAL PAWAR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

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Sayali Sawant/SSM WP1207-2021.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1207 OF 2021 Mr. Subhash Kantilal Pawar Age: 54 years, Occupation: Service, R/o. Ram nagar Housing Society, Matoshree Building, Room No.07, Gavhane Vasti, Landewadi, Bhosari Pune -36 … Petitioner. V/s. 1. The State of Maharashtra 2. ACB (Anti Corruption Bureau) Pune (Pimpari Chinchwad) 3. Police Commissioner Pimpri Chinchwad 4. Mr. Ajit Pandurang Keswad. R/o. Industrial Area, Near to Water Tank, Kharabwadi, Tal-Khed, Dist-Pune, State-Maharashtra. … Respondents ______________________ Mr. Dhanraj A. Lodha, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. Vinod Chate, A.P.P. for the State. Mr. Khanderao Tulshiram Ranjawe, ACB, Pune Unit. ______________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ. RESERVED ON : 6th OCTOBER, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 22nd DECEMBER, 2025. JUDGMENT [Per : RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J] :- 1/13 Sayali Sawant/SSM WP1207-2021.doc 1) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and with the consent of learned Advocates for the respective parties, taken up for final hearing. 2) By way of this Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the Petitioner seeks to quash and set aside C.R.No.1256 of 2019 filed with Mhalunge Police Chowki, Chakan, District-Pune under Sections 7, 7-A, 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Sections 279, 336 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code. 3) Learned Advocate for the Petitioner, contends that, the present FIR has been filed on 27th September, 2019 by the Respondent No. 4 against Mr. Bhanudas Annasaheb Jadhav, Senior Police Inspector at Mhalunge Police Chowki, Mr Ajay Bhapkar and one unknown person. The crux of the allegations against the accused in the FIR are that, Mr. B