Sahil Anil Mehta v. The State Of Maharashtra And ORS.

914 wp 2705.18.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2705 of 2018 Sahil Anil Mehta .....Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra and ors.

.....Respondents Mr. Rajendra Sorankar, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Deepak Thakare, PP along with Mr. K. V. Saste, APP for the State. Ms. Sejal Shah along with Ms. Richa Tambe and Mr.R.J. Baddam I/b. S. R. Lex, advocate for the respondent No.4.

CORAM : RANJIT MORE & SMT.BHARATI H. DANGRE, JJ.

DATE : 3rd OCTOBER, 2018.

P. C. :

Heard learned counsel and learned APP appearing for the respective parties.

2.

The petition is filed for quashing the FIR bearing CR No.175 of 2018 registered with Vile Parle Police Station at the instance of the respondent No.4. A copy of the said FIR is annexed at page 33. We have gone through the same. Serious allegations under sections 354, 420, 376, 377 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 are made against the present petitioner in the subject FIR. The veracity of the allegations cannot be gone into in the petition filed under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. It is settled position of law that while Digitally signed by Shubhada Shankar Kadam Date:

2018.10.04 12:41:17 +0530 Shubhada S Kadam 1/2 Shubhada Shankar Kadam

914 wp 2705.18.doc considering such kind of petition, we have to accept the allegations on its face value.

3.

In the light of above, we are not inclined to entertain this petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. [SMT.BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.] [RANJIT MORE, J.] Shubhada S Kadam 2/2