SHAILENDRA BANKEBIHARI SINGH vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

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KSG 231-WP-1356-2023.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1356 OF 2023 Shailendra Bankebihari Singh Age : 51 yrs; Occ : Business, Residing at : 103, Air India Maharaja CHS, Plot No-16, Sector-9, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 703. … Petitioner V/s. 1) The State of Maharashtra Through Pali Police Station, Sudhagad Vide C.R. No.189/2022. 2) Laxman Raja Waghmare Age : 66 yrs; Occ : Wage Labour, Residing at : Ghodpapadadiwasiwadi, Varadagaon, P.O. Jambhulpada, Sudhagad, Dist-Raigad. … Respondent _______________________________________ Mr. Rajiv Chavan, Senior Advocate a/w Ms. Rashmi Tiwari, Ms. Asmi Desai, Ms. Sonam Pandey i/b Ms. Bhairavi Waravdekar, for the Petitioner. Mr. Vinod Chate, A.P.P. for Respondent No.1-State. _______________________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ. RESERVED ON : 7th AUGUST, 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 12th MARCH, 2026. 1/10 KSG 231-WP-1356-2023.doc JUDGMENT (Per : A. S. GADKARI, J.) :- 1) By this Petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India read with Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’), the Petitioner is seeking relief of quashing and setting aside the FIR bearing CR No.189 of 2022, dated 27th December 2022, registered with Pali Police Station, Taluka Sudhagad, District Raigad, under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2) Heard Mr. Rajiv Chavan, learned senior Advocate for the Petitioner and Mr. Vinod Chate, learned APP for the Respondent No.1-State. Perused entire record and the Affidavit in Reply filed by the Respondent No.2 dated 21st August, 2023. 3) Record indicates that, by an Order dated 14th February, 2023, this Court h