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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE, NANDESH S.DESHPANDE
Nanda Wd/o Vishnu Yewale – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
URMILA JOSHI-PHALKE , J.
Heard. Admit. Heard finally with the consent of learned Counsel for both the parties.
2. Both the applications are filed by the applicants for quashing of the First Information Report in connection with Crime No. 0284/2025, registered under Section 498 -A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The applicant in application No. 732 of 2025 is the husband of the informant, whereas the applicant No.1 in application No. 640/2025 is the mother-in-law, applicant No. 2 is the brother-in- law, applicant No. 3 is the wife of the applicant No. 2, and applicant No. 4 is the sister-in-law. And applicant No.5 is the husband of applicant No.4.
4. The crime is registered on the basis of a report lodged by the informant on an allegation that her marriage was performed with Rajkiran Vishnu Yewale on 07/02/2010, and after marriage, she resumed the cohabitation at the house of the present applicants. She has handed over all her ‘stridhan’ in the custody of the present applicants. Initially, for some days she was treated well, but thereafter, she was ill-treated by the present applicants for one or the other reason. She alleged that after marriage, though her
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