SKN 901-APL-197.23.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 197 OF 2023 Louurdes Pankaj Jagasia. … Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents _______________________________ Mr.M.K.Kocharekar for the Applicant. Mr.Yogesh Nakhwa, APP for the Respondent-State. Mr.Rajeev Chavan, Senior Advocate with Aditya S. Targe, Shravanth Arya Tandra, Sneha G. Sanap, Asimi Desai and Sonam Pande for Respondent No.2. _______________________________ CORAM : RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE , J. DATED : 3rd FEBRUARY 2026. P. C. :- 1. Applicant, accused in C.C. No.2358/PW/2023, pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (32nd Court), Bandra, Mumbai arising out of C.R.No.1050 of 2022 registered with the Nirmal Nagar Police Station, Mumbai under sections 389 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, has filed this Application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C., for quashing of the said case. 2. Learned Advocate appearing for the Applicant submitted that during the pendency of the Petition, the Applicant and Respondent No.2 have settled their disputes and differences between them and that 1/3 SANJAY KASHINATH NANOSKAR Digitally signed by SANJAY KASHINATH NANOSKAR Date: 2026.02.05 14:39:20 +0530 SKN 901-APL-197.23.doc Respondent No.2 has now filed her Affidavit giving her consent for quashing of the crime in question. He therefore prayed that the C.C.No.2358/PW/2023 arising out of C.R. No.1050 of 2022 be quashed and set aside with the consent of Respondent No.2. 3. Mr.Chavan, learned Senior Advocate appearing for Respondent No.2 submitted that, Respondent No.2 has already filed on record her Consent Affidavit dated 12th January 2026 duly affirmed before the Notary Public. Respondent No.2 has stated in the said Consent Affidavit that the crime in question was lodged due to certain misunderstanding and on the basis of incorrect information received by her from her husband’s friends and colleagues. After filing of the present crime, she realized that the information received by her was not consistent with the true and correct facts and that the crime in question was inadvertently registered. In paragraph-4 of the Consent Affidavit, Respondent No.2 has given her “no objection” for quashing of the crime in question. She has specifically stated that she has full knowledge and purport of her actions and the consequences of executing present Affidavit and that she has executed the Affidavit without any force, duress or coercion. 4. Respondent No.2 is personally present in the Court and through her Advocate reiterates the contents of her Affidavit dated 12th January 2026 and her ‘no objection’ for quashing of the crime in question. 2/3 SKN 901-APL-197.23.doc 5. Considering the contents of Consent Affidavit of Respondent No.2 and the fact that the parties have also settled their disputes and differences and that cross F.I.R. filed by the present Applicant being F.I.R.No.772 of 2022 and the resultant Sessions Case No.787 of 2022 are quashed by order passed today in Criminal Application No.541 of 2023, I am inclined to quash C.C. No.2358/PW/2023, pending on the file of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (32nd Court), Bandra, Mumbai arising out of C.R.No.1050 of 2022 registered with the Nirmal Nagar Police Station, Mumbai. 6. Petition is allowed in terms of prayer clauses (a). (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) 3/3