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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1772 OF 2004

The State of Maharashtra,

)

through Smt. Meera C. Borwankar, )

Jt. Commissioner of Police (Crime) )

Mumbai.

) ... Petitioner

Versus

Nitendrasingh @ Nitin Kumarsingh )

Patil, aged 40 years, Occ. Asstt. )

Police Inspector, Thane (Rural), )

Residing at: 203, Karmakshetra, Nr.)

Naupada Police Station, Thane (W). ) ... Respondent

Mr. V.A. Thorat, Advocate General with Mr. B.R.

Patil, Act.P.P., Ms. P.H. Kantharia, A.P.P. and Ms.

U.V. Kejriwal, A.P.P. for the petitioner-State.

Ms. Asmita Sarangdhar for the respondent.

CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & A.S. OKA, JJ.

JUDGMENT RESERVED ON : 24TH NOVEMBER, 2004.

JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON : 22ND DECEMBER, 2004.

ORAL JUDGMENT:- (Per Smt. Ranjana Desai, J.)

1.

This

petition

is

filed

by

the

State

of

Maharashtra

through

Smt.

Meera

Borvankar,

the

Joint

Commissioner

of

Police

(Crime),

Mumbai,

under

Articles

226

and

227

of

the

Constitution

of

India

and

under

section

482

of

the

Criminal

Procedu