1 Cri.Appln.No.1676/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1676/2011 1) Arati w/o Sanjay Shahane Age: 27 Years Occu. Household, R/o C/o Jain Bhokare, Subhanjay Nivas, Survey No.5, Keshav Nagar, Mundawa, Pune-36. 2) Archana w/o Yogesh Kajale, Age: 25 Yrs., occu. Household, R/o God Bandar Road, Patilpada, Rutu Estate, Building No.D-6, Flat 401 Thane (West). 3) Ashwini w/o Dhananjay Rajurkar, Age: 23 Yrs., occu. Household, R/o Athre Residency, Flat No.A-6, Ram Veer Peth, Junner, Dist. Pune. - APPLICANTS VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through its Police Station, CIDCO, Aurangabad. 2) Ashwini w/o Atul Dahale, Age: 24 Yrs., occu. Household, r/o Shiveshwar Colony, Plot No.5, Harsool, Aurangabad. - RESPONDENTS ***** Mr.NB Narwade, Advocate for Applicants; Mr.VD Rakh, APP for State. ----- 2 Cri.Appln.No.1676/2011 CORAM : K.U.CHANDIWAL, J. DATE : 27th June, 2011. PER COURT : 1) Heard finally. Rule made returnable forthwith by consent of parties. The applicants, the married sisters of Atul Dahale, have challenged the legality of the FIR vide Crime No.I-80/2011 for the offence punishable under sections 498-A, 354, 504, 506 r/w 34 of Indian Penal Code, registered at CIDCO police station, Aurangabad. 2) Respondent no.2 – Smt. Ashwini, in spite of service, absent. 3) Respondent no.2 was married to Atul on 30.5.2010. She claim that there was payment of dowry. She alleged that since two days of her marriage, she was tortured by her husband – Atul; father in law and mother in law as they wanted, she should bring an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- from her parents. She alleged on 27.9.2010 her husband by a pillow attempted to arrest her respiration. She reached her parental house and her father-in-law and mother-in-law came at Aurangabad and abused. 4) Reference to the present applicants – 3 Cri.Appln.No.1676/2011 Arati, Archana and Ashwini is, whenever they used to come to the matrimonial home at Khed, Keshavnagar, Pune, they too, used to humiliate the complainant/wife and were questioning fidelity. 5) Considering these sweeping allegations against he present applicants, sisters of Atul, it is explicit, there is no specific role of ill- treatment or any demand for dowry. The nature of allegations is, more leaning to indicate that the married sisters residing at far away, should be taught a lesson and should be troubled. 6) Considering these aspects and further allegations that father of Smt. Ashwini to be in police department and false prosecution is initiated, the prosecution as against the applicants – Aarati, Archana and Ashwini, initiated pursuant to Crime No.I-80/2011 registered with CIDCO police station, Aurangabad, is quashed and set aside. 7) Criminal Application allowed to the extent as above. ( K.U.CHANDIWAL ) JUDGE bdv/