Mangesh S. Patil, J.

Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the parties matter is heard finally.

2. This is an application under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 for quashment of F.I.R. bearing Crime No. 263 of 2016 registered with Washi Police Station, District Osmanabad for the offence punishable under Section 306, 167 and 120-B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as for quashing and setting aside the order passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Washi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 257 of 2016 dated 23.12.2016, whereby the learned Magistrate passed an order under section 156(3) of the Cr. P.C., 1973 and in pursuance whereof the aforementioned F.I.R. has been registered.

3. Stated in brief the facts leading to the filing of this application are as under:

The husband of the respondent No. 2 by name Mahadeo had borrowed money from a private money lender and the latter had extorted huge amount under the guise of recovering interest against a paltry loan of Rs. 50,000/-. The money lender had allegedly recovered more than Rupees Thirteen Lakhs and still was insisting for more. Fed up with such harassment M