BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Y. G. KHOBRAGADE
Sunil Dattatraya Mali – Appellant
Versus
Manisha Lalchand Mahajan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J. )
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and with the consent of both the parties and heard them finally.
2. By the present Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner has challenged the order dated 28.02.2018, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalgaon, in Criminal Misc. Application No. 42 of 2019, whereby the prayer of the Petitioner to issue direction to the Police Station Officer, City Police Station, Jalgaon to register an F.I.R./to conduct investigation came to be turned down and directed to register the complaint under Section 200 of Cr.P.C..
3. Heard at length Mr. Rajendrraa Deshmukh, the learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner, Mr. Harshal Prakash Randhir, the learned Advocate for Respondent No.1 and Ms. Ashlesha S. Deshmukh, the learned APP for Respondent No.2 State.
4. The learned Senior Advocate canvassed that the present petitioner is working as Class-1 employee with the Government of Maharashtra. In the year, 2016, the Petitioner was working as Private Secretary to the Hon’ble Minister of Public Health Department, State of Maharashtra, whereas, the Respondent No.1 was working as Medical Off
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