Raghav Rajesh Aggarwal vs State of Maharashtra

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2026 Supreme(Bom) 419

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ASHWIN D.BHOBE
Raghav Rajesh Aggarwal – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Faiz Merchant, Faisal Shaikh, Uma Nemlekar, Bhavesh Ameta, Omkar Shah, Jenifer Solomon
For the Respondents: Sukanta Karmakar, Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, Mohammad Farid, Paresh Gargade

Table of Content
1. petition to quash rape fir and charge-sheet (Para 1 , 2 , 6)
2. consensual physical relationship developed over time (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. arguments on consent versus deceitful promise (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 10)
4. no vitiated consent; relation consensual (Para 11 , 12 , 13)
5. no offence if victim married; promise unenforceable (Para 14 , 15)
6. malicious prosecution; quash under bhajan lal (Para 16 , 17 , 18)
7. fir and charge-sheet quashed (Para 19 , 20 , 21)

JUDGMENT :

ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.

1. Heard Mr. Faiz Merchant, learned Advocate for the Petitioner, Mr. Sukanta Karmakar, learned A.P.P. for the State/Respondent and Mr. Ali Kaashif Khan, learned Advocate for Respondent No. 2.

2. By this Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”), the Petitioner seeks to quash the FIR bearing No. 791 of 2024, registered by the Khar Police Station, Mumbai (“Impugned FIR”), as well as the charge sheet arising from the impugned FIR. The sections referred to in the charge sheet are Sections 69 , 79, 351(2), and 352 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (the “”), along with Sections 376(2)(n) & 377 of the In