1 13.11-apl IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 13 OF 2011 Suresh Kalegole. ... Applicant. V/s. The Sr.Police Inspector, Wagle Estate Police Station, Thane and another. ... Respondents. Pankaj C Kansara for the applicant. A.S.Shitole, APP for the State. CORAM: B.R.GAVAI, J. DATED : 13th July 2011. P.C. : Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. By this application, the applicant has prayed for quashing of LAC Case No.1204/2010 registered against the applicant on the complaint that on 10th December 2010 Angle Restaurant and Bar of which the applicant is a Manager was open even after the permissible hours and without licence. 3. Perusal of document at page 18 would reveal that the licence has been granted on 8th July 2009 to keep open the premises between 6.00 p.m. to 01.30 a.m. The licence is valid up to 31st December 2009. 4. It can be seen that on the date on which alleged offence said to have been occurred on 10th December 2010, the petitioner was having valid 2 13.11-apl licence to keep open the restaurant and bar upto 1.30 a.m. The alleged incident taken place at 22.45 hours. The complaint is, therefore, nothing but an abuse of process of law. 5. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clause (b). (B.R.GAVAI, J.)