Lakhan Haridas Mane v. The State Of Maharashtra And Another

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY

CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.990 OF 2025 Lakhan Haridas Mane APPLICANT

VERSUS

The State of Maharashtra and Another RESPONDENTS .......

Mr. Ritesh M. Thobde a/w Mr. Darshan Singh Rajpurohit, Advocates for the applicant Mr. N. B. Patil, APP for respondent - State Ms. Vaishnavi Shelar I/b Mr. Changdev Shingade, Advocate for Respondent No.2 .......

[CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.] DATE : 28 th JANUARY, 2026 ORDER :

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This Application is iled under section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of the Crime No. 0720 of 2025 registered with Tembhurni Police Station, Solapur (Rural), registered at the instance of the second Respondent. 2.

During pendency of the present Application, the Applicant and the second Respondent have amicably settled the dispute. A Joint aidavit to that efect is iled on record, wherein it is stated that the dispute between the Applicant and the second Respondent arouse in the normal course of employment in the

{2} business establishment of the Applicant. The dispute was a of private and personal nature. It is stated that the Applicant and the second Respondent live in the same village and with the intervention of the elders and respectable persons in the village, they have settled the dispute. They have decided to live peacefully and in harmony and without any hatred or ill feelings. In order to maintain peace, harmony and cordial relations between the parties and within the community, the dispute is amicably settled.

3.

The Applicant and the second Respondent are present in the Court. They are identiied by their respective learned Advocates. They conirm the averments made in the joint aidavit.

4.

The ofence alleged against the Applicant, punishable under sections 115 (2), 127 (2), 133, 351 (2), 352, 356 (2) of BNS, are compoundable and ofences under sections 118 (1) and 119 (1) of the BNS are non compoundable. However, taking into consideration the allegations made in the FIR, this Court is of the view that section 119 (1) of the BNS is not attracted to the facts of the present case.

5.

As the parties have amicably settled their dispute, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings of

{3} the crime in question. Even if the proceedings against the Applicant are not quashed, the trial would result in acquittal and it would amount to waste of judicial time and energy. 6.

For the aforestated reasons, the Petition is allowed. The proceedings of Crime No. 720 of 2025 registered with Tembhurni Police Station, Solapur (Rural) for the ofence punishable under sections 119 (1), 115 (2), 352, 351 (2) 118 (1), 127 (2), 133 and 356 (2) of the BNS are hereby quashed and set aside. 7.

The Applicant shall pay costs of Rs.25,000/- to the Police Welfare Fund, Solapur, within a period of two weeks from today. List the matter for compliance after three weeks. [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ] JUDGE drp/criapln990-25.doc