GANESH BALIRAM KARANJE v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
WP/6677/2025 · 2026-10-08
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[ 2026 DAILYLAW 17075 (BOM) · dailylaw.ai ]
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154.WP.6677.2025.doc HARSHADA H. SAWANT (P.A.)
IN IN THE THE HIGH HIGH COURT COURT OF OF JUDICATURE JUDICATURE AT AT BOMBAY BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6677 OF 2025 Ganesh Baliram Karanje .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. .. Respondents .................... Mr. Hasnain Kazi, Advocate for Petitioner. Ms. Shilpa G. Talhar, APP for Respondent No.1. Mr. Rohin Chauhan a/w. Mr. Manthan A. Chaudhari, Advocate for Respondent No.2. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : OCTOBER 08, 2026 P.C.
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1. Heard Mr. Kazi, learned Advocate for Petitioner; Ms. Talhar, learned APP for Respondent No.1 and Mr. Chauhan, learned Advocate for Respondent No.2. 2. Parties before me are both government servants and they had some verbal altercation. Complainant is present in Court. Learned Advocate informs the Court that the Consent Affidavit dated 10.07.2026 is appended at page No.86. I have perused the same. The Petitioner is present in Court. 3. Considering the issues between the parties due to which the said altercation had occurred leading to filing of the Complaint, present Petition is filed. The Consent Affidavit is given by the Complainant on humanitarian grounds in view of the precarious 1 of 2
154.WP.6677.2025.doc medical ailment of the Petitioner. 4. I am inclined to accept the request made by the parties for consent quashing. 5. In view of the above matter, the present Petition deserves to be allowed. It is so allowed in terms of prayer clauses ‘(i)’ which read thus:-
“(i) That This Hon'ble Court May Be Pleased Quash & Set Aside the Criminal Proceeding No. 203/PW/2023 Pending with 24th Additional Sessions Judge, City Sessions Court, Mumbai arising out of the F.I.R NO. 815 OF 2022 on 02.12.2022 filed by the informant being a public servant namely Girijeshkumar Rambahadur Mishra (Chief Booking Clerk-Railway Officer) registered with Bandra Railway Police Station, vide under sections 353, 332, 504 & 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.”
6. In addition to the above prayer clause which has been allowed, the further pending criminal proceeding C.R.No.467 of 2023, pending before 28th Sessions Judge, City Sessions Court, Mumbai arising out of FIR No.815 of 2022, dated 02.12.2022 is also quashed and set aside. All other proceedings under the aforesaid proceedings, are also quashed and set aside. 7. No order as to costs. 8. Writ Petition is allowed and disposed.
H. H. SAWANT [ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ] 2 of 2 HARSHADA HANUMANT SAWANT Digitally signed by HARSHADA HANUMANT SAWANT Date: 2026.10.09 16:25:24 +0530