Dilip Ashok Jadhav v. State Of Maharashtra And ORS.

906-WP-49-2026 ORDER.DOC

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 49 OF 2026 Dilip Ashok Jadhav ....Petitioner

VERSUS

1. State Of Maharashtra

2. The District Collector & District Magistrate, Kolhapur.

3. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Karveer Sub-Division, Kolhapur.

4. The Police Inspector, Karveer Police Station, Kolhapur.

....Respondents ----- Mr. Kunal Patil i/b Mr. Rajnandani Katkar and Adv. A. J. Sarvarmulla, for Petitioners.

Mr. Anand Subhash Shalgaonkar, APP, for the Respondent-State in all petitions.

----- Digitally signed by SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM Date:

2026.02.06 21:20:19 +0530 SHANTANU SHANKARSA DHUDUM

CORAM

:

NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.

DATE :

6th FEBRUARY, 2026.

P.C.:

1.

For the reasons recorded, Criminal Writ Petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 31st January, 2026 passed by Respondent No.3 - The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Karveer Sub-Division, Kolhapur is hereby quashed and set aside.

2.

Learned APP shall forthwith intimate this order to the Respondents.

3.

Rule is made absolute in the above terms.

(NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) Shantanu S. Dhudum