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R. G. AVACHAT
Mahima Pravin Thakur – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT/ORDER
1. Rule returnable forthwith. Heard finally with consent of the parties.
2. The challenge in this writ petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is to a judgment and order dtd. 19/1/2023, passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai, in Criminal Revision Application No.688 of 2022. Vide the judgment and order impugned herein, the order passed by Metropolitan Magistrate on 19/7/2022 has been set aside with a direction to Senior Inspector of Tromby Police Station, Mumbai to register FIR and make investigation on the basis of a report made by the Applicant, Prakash Lalwani on 23/2/2021. Thus, what has been challenged herein is an order passed under Sec. 156(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure.
3. Facts giving rise to this writ petition are as follows: Petitioner No.1 is the daughter of Petitioner No.2. They are residents of Green Acres Bungalows, Din Quarry Road, Panjarpole, Deonar, Mumbai, a housing society. The respondent No.2 is also the resident of the same housing society. Master Manav (deceased) was 24 years old son of the respondent No.2. Both, Manav and Petitioner No.1-Mahima, had a romantic relationship inter se for little over two years. There
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