Wishwas Bhalchandra Bhor And ORS v. State Of Maharashtra And ANR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3230 OF 2024 Wishwas Bhalchandra Bhor & Ors.

.... Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & Anr.

.... Respondents .......

• None for the Petitioners.

• Mr. M. B. Shirsat a/w Fehmida Ahmed, Advocate for Respondent No.2.

• Mr. Sukanta A. Karmarkar, APP for the State/Respondent.

CORAM

: SARANG V. KOTWAL & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ.

DATE : 11th OCTOBER, 2024 P.C. :

1.

Advocate on record for the Petitioners is not present before the Court. He has not given authority to any other Advocate to appear in this Petition.

2.

Learned counsel appearing for the Respondent No.2 pointed out that on 13/02/2024, the Petitioners/Applicants had Digitally signed by MANUSHREE NESARIKAR Date:

2024.10.15 16:02:48 +0530 withdrawn their application for Anticipatory Bail. The order MANUSHREE NESARIKAR dated 13/02/2024 passed in Anticipatory Bail Application Nesarikar

2 / 2 09-WP-3230-24.odt No.3484 of 2022, Anticipatory Bail Application No.3487 of 2022 and Anticipatory Bail Application No.985 of 2023 records this fact. Inspite of this, the present Petition is filed on 04/03/2024 for quashing of the FIR without disclosing this fact. 3.

Learned APP on instructions states that the Petitioners are absconding.

4.

The Petitioners have not approached this Court with clean hands by disclosing the background and the orders passed in the subject matter previously.

5.

Considering all this situation, the Petition is dismissed. (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)