2024:BHC-AUG:11765 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 226 OF 2023 Smt. Meena w/o Shashikant Gole, aged 44 yrs. Occu : Nil, R/o Kaiwalya Residency H. No.10, Ganeshnagar, Dhayari, Pune 411041. ... PETITIONER (ORIG. ACCUSED)

V E R S U S

1.The State of Maharashtra, Copy to be served on Learned Police Prosecutor, Hon'ble High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad. ... FORMAL RESPONDENT

2.Ashutosh s/o Vishnu Ratnaparkhe, aged 46 yrs. Occu : Business, r/o Desaipura, C/o Ramnikhil Desai, Nandurbar 425 412. ... (Or. Comp.)

RESPONDENTS WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 232 OF 2023 Smt. Meena w/o Shashikant Gole, aged 44 yrs. Occu : Nil, R/o Kaiwalya Residency H. No.10, Ganeshnagar, Dhayari, Pune 411041. ... PETITIONER (ORIG. ACCUSED)

V E R S U S

1.The State of Maharashtra, Copy to be served on Learned Police Prosecutor, Hon'ble High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad. ... FORMAL RESPONDENT

2.Ashutosh s/o Vishnu Ratnaparkhe, aged 46 yrs. Occu : Business, r/o Desaipura, C/o Ramnikhil Desai, Nandurbar 425 412. ... (Or. Comp.)

RESPONDENTS WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 233 OF 2023 Smt. Meena w/o Shashikant Gole, aged 44 yrs. Occu : Nil, R/o Kaiwalya Residency H. No.10, Ganeshnagar, Dhayari, Pune 411041. ... PETITIONER (ORIG. ACCUSED)

V E R S U S

1.The State of Maharashtra, Copy to be served on Learned Police Prosecutor, Hon'ble High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad. ... FORMAL RESPONDENT

2.Ashutosh s/o Vishnu Ratnaparkhe, aged 46 yrs. Occu : Business, r/o Desaipura, C/o Ramnikhil Desai, Nandurbar 425 412. ... (Or. Comp.)

RESPONDENTS WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 234 OF 2023 Smt. Meena w/o Shashikant Gole, aged 44 yrs. Occu : Nil, R/o Kaiwalya Residency H. No.10, Ganeshnagar, Dhayari, Pune 411041. ... PETITIONER (ORIG. ACCUSED)

V E R S U S

1.The State of Maharashtra, Copy to be served on Learned Police Prosecutor, Hon'ble High Court of Judicature of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad. ... FORMAL RESPONDENT

2.Ashutosh s/o Vishnu Ratnaparkhe, aged 46 yrs. Occu : Business, r/o Desaipura, C/o Ramnikhil Desai, ... (Or. Comp.)

Nandurbar 425 412. RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Shri S. M. Kulkarni, Advocate for petitioner in all petitions.

Ms. Pratibha J. Bharad, APP for respondent No.1-State in all petitions.

Shri R. R. Totala, Advocate for respondent No.2 in all petitions.

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CORAM: SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.

JUDGMENT RESERVED ON : 10/05/2024 JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON : 21/06/2024

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

2. Heard learned advocates appearing for the respective parties.

3. These writ petitions are filed for quashing of various orders passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Nandurbar in the Summary Criminal Cases Nos.1010/2019, 1011/2019, 1012/2019 and 1013/2019 registered under Section

138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (for short, "the N.I.Act").

4. The petitioner moved various applications which are mentioned below writ-wise. Those were rejected. The applications of the respondent No.2 for grant of interim compensation were allowed. All those impugned orders are challenged in these writ petitions :-

i) CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 226 OF 2023 An order passed below Exh.1 of issue process, Exh.35 for production of statement of bank accounts of the respondent No.2, Exh.36 for sending cheques to the Handwriting Expert for examination of signature on disputed cheque, Exh.37 for verification of signatures of the petitioner on each page of agreement, Exh. 39 for merging and clubbing of all these cases for hearing together, Exh.21 discharge of the petitioner and for dismissal of complaint for want of jurisdiction. Exh.12 for grant of interim compensation to the respondent No.2 which was allowed.

All above applications filed by petitioner were rejected.

ii) CRI. WRIT PETITION NO. 232 OF 2023 An order passed below