JUDGMENT

1. RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith. By this criminal writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, 'the Code'), the petitioner seeks quashing of First Information Report dated 26.03.2020 bearing Crime No.211 of 2021 registered at Police Station Dharni for the offence punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, 'the Penal Code').

2. It is the case of the prosecution that on 25.03.2021 one Smt.Deepali Rajesh Mohite/Deepali Janardan Chavan who was working as Range Forest Officer with the Forest Department committed suicide. The First Information Report was lodged by respondent no.2-her husband on 26.03.2021 at about 03.59 hours. As per the said report, the wife of the respondent no.2 was residing with him at Harisal alongwith her mother. On 25.03.2021 the respondent no.2 after finishing his duties at the Treasury Office started to return home in the evening. At about 7.00 p.m. he made a phone call to his wife. His wife told him that she wanted to see him for the last time and that she had no interest in living further. The respondent no.2 therefore immediately ma