Gopiram Liladhar Modi And ORS. v. The State Of Maharashtra And ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3986 OF 2018 Gopiram Liladhar Modi and Ors.

... Petitioners

Versus

State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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Respondents Mr.Ranjit Agashe i/by Namrata Agashe for the Petitioners. Mr.Yogendra Giri for respondent no. 2.

Smt. A.S. Pai, APP for the respondent State.

CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI & N.M. JAMDAR, JJ.

DATE :

FEBRUARY 11, 2019 P.C.:

Petitioner no.2 husband/accused no.2 is present with his advocate. Similarly complainant/respondent no.2 is present with her advocate. Parties jointly request for quashing of FIR which is essentially under section 498A of IPC. Consent terms have been arrived at in matrimonial dispute pending in Family Court Bandra in MJ Petition No. A/853/2018. It is not in dispute that as per consent terms, the matter for dissolving the marriage under section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act is not pending. Similarly the nilegaonkar 1/2

16-wp-3986.2018.odt amount of Rs.20 lacs to be paid to respondent no.2 is also deposited in the court. In this situation, accepting the joint request, we make the rule absolute in terms of prayer clause (a). (N.M. JAMDAR, J.) (B.P. DHARMADHIKARI, J.) nilegaonkar 2/2