FAIZAL SALIM SHAIKH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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dtg /ksg J-WP-2901-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2901 OF 2025 Faizal Salim Shaikh ] Age : 29 years, Occ.: Business, ] R/at. Near Noorani Masjid, ] Yerwada, Pune – 411 001. ] … Petitioner V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra ] Through The Senior Inspector of Police, ] Koregaon Park Police Station, ] Koregaon Park, Pune. ] 2. ABC ] Age : 24 years, Occ: None, ] R/at : B/A/3, Siddhivinayak Vihar, ] Handewadi Road, Hadapsar, ] Pune – 411 028, ] Koregaon Park Police Station, ] Koregaon Park Pune. ] ...Respondents _______________________________________ Mr. Arjun Kadam for Petitioner. Mr. Ajay Patil, APP for Respondent No.1-State. Mr. Abhishek Roy for Respondent No.2. Mr. Yashpal M. Thakur, Appointed Advocate by Legal Aid for Respondent No.2. Ms. Shilpa Nimkar, API, Koregaon Park Police Station, Pune, present. _______________________________________ 1/13 dtg /ksg J-WP-2901-2025.doc CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ. RESERVED ON : 30th June 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 24th September 2025 JUDGMENT ( Per : A. S. Gadkari, J.) :- 1) Petitioner, accused in Final Report No. 55 of 2019, dated 19 th September 2019, pending on the file of learned Special Judge, District and Sessions Court, Shivajinagar, Pune, arising out of C.R. No. 0105 of 2019, dated 13th February 2019, punishable under sections 376, 323 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under sections 4, 6 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), has filed this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), for quashing of the said case, with the consent of Respondent No.2, the victim. 2) Heard Mr. Kadam, learned Advocate for the Petitione