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BHARATI DANGRE, MANJUSHA DESHPANDE
Leelendra Deju Shetty – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Bharati Dangre, J.
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the parties, heard finally.
2. On 27/04/2024, C.R.No.206 of 2024 was registered with Vikhroli Police Station, which invoked Section 370 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “IPC”) alongwith Sections 75, 81 and 83 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (for short, “Act of 2015”).
The above C.R. came to be registered at the instance of one Sunil Tukaram Harad, Police Constable, who reported that information was received in the police station from a secret informant that one lady, by name Kanta Pednekar, aged 39 years, resident of Ashirwad Chawl, Bhimdongari, Nalasopara, has sold her son through one Sheetal Ware unauthorisedly, without complying the legal provisions in that regard.
Upon the information received, the police team proceeded in search of Sheetal Ware and upon her search, when inquiries were made with her, she disclosed that she has sold her son to one Sanjay Ganpat Pawar and Savita Sanjay Pawar, residents of Ratnagiri on 13/12/2022 for a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- through an agent, Sharad Maruti Devar and Dr. Sanjay Khandare, Nileshwari Clinic, Diva,
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