1 Cri.Appln.No.3700/2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.3700/2006 1) Magan Suklal choudhari Age: 60 Yrs., occu.Pensioner, R/o Plot No.84, Chaughule Plot, Sonai Niwas, Jalgaon. 2) Smt.Usha Magan Choudhari, Age: 52 Yrs., occu.Household, R/o Plot No.84, Chaughule Plot, Sonai Niwas, Jalgaon. 3) Jagdish Magan Choudhari, Age: 35 Yrs., occu.Service, R/o Ram Nagar, Nandurbar, 4) Jyoti Dulesing Ranawat Age: 27 Yrs., occu.Service, R/o RamNagar, Nandurbar. = PETITIONERS VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra. 2) Pandit Suklal Choudhari, Age: 67 Yrs., occu.Contractor, R/o Pakhali Kunwa, Nandurbar.= RESPONDENTS Mr.NB Patil, APP for State ----- CORAM : A.H.JOSHI & A.R.JOSHI,JJ. DATE : 18th October, 2011. ORAL JUDGMENT (PER :A.H.JOSHI,J.) 1) None for the Petitioners and Respondent 2 Cri.Appln.No.3700/2006 No.2. 2) Heard learned APP. Perused the Criminal Application. 3) It is seen from the record that FIR is dated 20.9.2006. The grievance of the complainant is false recording of minutes of the meeting and proceeding book etc. and loss to society due to expenses towards salaries etc. 4) It is also seen that this record relating entry of accused in the management was subjected to the scrutiny before the Charity Commissioner. 5) The grievance made in the FIR is about improper disbursement of salary and thereby cheating the trust. 6) It is further seen that the parties are at loggerhead in the management of the trust. The grievance is made in 2006 about payment of salaries etc. in decade before that date. 7) The grievance is not about personal misappropriation of amount. 8) The institution, in which the salary is 3 Cri.Appln.No.3700/2006 to be paid is receiving grants and subjected to government audit. 9) On the face of it, the complaint is belated and vexatious and product of being disgruntled being unable to keep or take over the reins of the society. In this background it is clear that the FIR is in the nature of abuse of process of law and deserves to be quashed. 10) Rule is made absolute in terms of prayer clause (B). sd/- sd-/ (A.R.JOSHI,J.) (A.H.JOSHI,J.) bdv/