Vijay Vasant Lokhande v. The State Of Maharashtra And Another

2026:BHC-AUG:7884-DB

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 944 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4568 OF 2025 1.

Vijay Vasant Lokhande (Husband) Age: 35years,Occ:Nil, R/o: C/o Vishnu Nandurkar, Plot No. 337, Maroti Mandir, Chitanvis Centre, Umred Road, Shakkardara, Nagpur-440009 2.

Panchfula Vasant Lokhande, (Mother in Law) Age:55 years,Occ:Housewife, R/o: As Above 3.

Vasantrao Jhingaraji Lokhande, (Father in Law) Aged:60years,Occ: Retired, R/o: As Above . . APPLICANTS

Versus

1.

The State of Maharashtra Through its P.S.O.Osmanpura, Tq. & Dist. Chh. Sambhajinagar.

2.

Snehal Vijay Lokhande, Aged: 31 years, Occ: Housewife, R/o. No.62/33/2, Near S.S.C.Board.

Station Road,P. W.D.Quarter, Osmanpura,Chh.Sambhajinagar, Tq. &Dist. Chh. Sambhajinagar . . .RESPONDENTS (Resp No. 2 orig. Informant) ...

Advocate for Applicants : Mr. N.U. Telgaonkar h/f K.R. Bhise APP for Respondents: Mr. S.R. Yadav Lonikar Advocate for Respondent 2 : Mr. A.S. Wankhede & A.B. Bhagat ...

CORAM : S. G. CHAPALGAONKAR, J.

Dated : February 12, 2026

FINAL ORDER :- 1.

The applicants seek quashment of the FIR dated 21.3.2025 bearing no.58 of 2025 registered with Osmanpura Police Station, Chhatrapati Sambjhajinagar for the offences punishable under sections 85, 82(2), 115(2), 352, 3(5) of BNS and under section 3,4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act as well as consequential proceeding in RCC No.1384 of 2025 pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, at Aurangabad.

2.

On 2.12.2025, advocates appearing for applicants and respondent no.2 jointly submitted that parties have amicably settled the dispute. Accordingly, they were relegated to the learned Registrar (Judicial) of this Court for verification of consent terms. Accordingly, parties presented themselves before the learned Registrar (Judicial), who verified the terms of settlement tendered before him and forwarded the report to this Court stating that applicant no.1 and respondent no.2 appeared before him. They are identified on the basis of documents i.e. photo copies of Adhar Card. They tendered terms of settlement and admitted signatures thereon and accepted that they are voluntarily entered into compromise

and no force or fraud is played with them. They put their signatures alongwith advocates representing them. Perusal of consent terms shows that the applicant no.1 and respondent no.2 have settled matrimonial disputes. Applicant no.1 has transferred an amount of Rs.6 Lakh (Rs. Six Lakh) in favour of the respondent no.2-wife, which has been acknowledged by her.

3.

Looking to the fact that parties have amicably settled the matrimonial dispute and decided to live a peaceful life, in light of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in case of Narinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and another reported in (2014) SCC 466, case is made out to exercise inherent powers for quashment of the FIR and further proceeding.

4.

In result, application is allowed in terms of prayer clause "C'" and "F" and disposed of.

( S. G. CHAPALGAONKAR, J. ) ...

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