1 Cri.W.P.No.1258/09 SNS IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MUMBAI APPELLATE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1258 OF 2009 D.D.More ...Petitioner. v. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. Ms Smita Gaidhani, adv. For the Petitioner. Ms M.H.Mhatre, APP For the Respondent/State. Mr.C.N.Deshmukh, Police Inspector, present in Court. CORAM : J.H. BHATIA, J. DATED : AUGUST 9, 2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned counsel for the parties. F.I.R. was lodged on 7.7.2008 by one Pandit Dada Bhusari, Avval Karkun and the Executive Magistrate in Tehsil office, Nifad against several persons on the ground that they being the stamp vendors have unauthorisedly scanned the photographs of different persons on the stamp papers purchased by them for different purposes. The present petitioner had allegedly sold stamp papers for Rs.220/- to one Dinesh Shankarrao Thete for the purpose of Gram Panchayat Elections and he had also scanned the photographs of said Dinesh on the stamp paper without any authority. It was contended in the F.I.R. that the scanning of the 2 Cri.W.P.No.1258/09 photographs could be done only by SETU Karyalata in the Collector office. On the basis of that F.I.R. for the offences punishable under Sections 417 and 420 of the I.P.C. was registered against the several persons. The present petitioner by this petition seeks to quash the said proceeding. He also produced a letter collected under the Right to Information Act by which he was informed that it is not necessary to get the photographs scanned in the SETU Karyalaya and that there was no direction from the Government that the scanning of the photographs on the stamp papers could not be done outside the SETU Karyalaya. In view of this statement, the learned APP was directed to take instructions. Today, the learned APP has produced copy of the statement of Smt. Madhumati Ashok Desai, who was then Tehsildar and information officer in the Collector Office, Nashik during the relevant period. In that statement, she has maintained the correctness of the information given to the petitioner. The learned APP makes a statement that in view of this stand, the State will withdraw the criminal case against the present petitioner. Statement is accepted. In view of the statement, petition stands disposed off as infructuous. (J.H. BHATIA,J.) 3 Cri.W.P.No.1258/09