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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH
Urmila Joshi-Phalke
Shashikant s/o Jarichand Londhe – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra, through Police Station Officer – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, J.
1. By this revision, the applicants have challenged order dated 3.6.2024 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Gadchiroli (learned Judge below) in B- Summary Case No.8/2023 by which process was issued against applicants for offences punishable under Sections 294 , 323, and 354(A)(iv) and 506 read with 34 of the IPC and 3(1)(4), 3(1)(s), (1)(w), (2)3, and (2)(va) of the The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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