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2024 Supreme(Bom) 476

VIBHA KANKANWADI, VRUSHALI V. JOSHI
Pramod – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Sameer Sonwane, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. Anup Badar, AGP, Mr. R.S. Akbani, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, J.

Heard Mr. S.P. Sonwane, learned Advocate for the applicants, the learned APP for the State and Mr. R.S. Akbani, learned Advocate for the non-applicant No.2.

2. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the learned Advocates for the parties.

3. Both the applications have been filed under Section 482 of the CrPC for quashing the FIR and the charge-sheet filed against the present applicants on the basis of the FIR lodged by the non-applicant No.2 with Police Station, Narkhed.

4. After taking us through the contents of the FIR and the charge-sheet, the learned Advocate for the applicants submits that as per the informant/non-applicant No2 the alleged insult is stated to be to outrage religious feelings of a class and it is through WhatsApp group. As per the FIR, there was WhatsApp group, named as "Narkhed Ghadamodi". The non-applicant No.2 was added as a member to the said group a day prior to lodging FIR dated 03.08.2017. He finds that both the applicants were asking certain questions in respect of the Muslim Community which he found to be outrageous. However, the entire contents of the FIR as well as the charge-sheet would sh

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