HEMANT

2025:BHC-AS:55718-DB

CHANDERSEN

SHIV

HEMANT

CHANDERSEN SHIV

Date: 2025.12.17 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

18:00:55 +0300

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4141 OF 2023

Sanjeev Kashinath Pai … Petitioner

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra & Anr. … Respondents

Mr. Shahed Ali Ansari i/b Shivaji M. Patil for the Petitioner.

Mr. S. R. Agarkar APP for Respondent No.1-State.

Mr. Prasad Sankpal for Respondent No.2.

Ms. Reshma Mavkar, PSI, Kopri police station present.

CORAM : BHARATI DANGRE &

SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.

DATE : 16th DECEMBER, 2025

P.C:-

1) Two FIRs came to be registered with Kopri police station on the

same day i.e. 14/04/2018.

FIR No.41 of 2018 invoke Section 354, 506(2), 504 of I.P.C. on

the complaint filed by Respondent No.2.

FIR No.42 of 2018 invoke Sections 354, 504 of I.P.C. on the

complaint being filed by one Mrs. Shailaja Sanjeev Pai.

In short, two FIRs are cross FIRs and the Petitioner before us

seek quashing of FIR No.41 of 2018, subsequently, resulting into registration of R.C.C. No.2822 of 2018 which is presently pending in the

Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane.

2) We have heard respective Counsel for the parties.

3) It is pertinent to note that in