Supintd. Of Police,karnataka L. & Anr. VS. B. Srinivas

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Supintd. Of Police,karnataka L. & Anr. VS. B. Srinivas

The Judgement Information System CASE NO.: Special Leave Petition (crl.) 5453 of 2007

PETITIONER: Raghunath Anant Govilkar RESPONDENT: State of Maharashtra and Ors DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/02/2008

BENCH: Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT & D.K. JAIN

JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2008 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No.5453 of 2007)

DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The challenge in this appeal is to the order passed by the learned Single Judge of the Mumbai High Court dismissing the Criminal Writ Petition filed by the appellant for quashing the proceedings pending before the Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 37th Court, Eaplanade. The appellant was the accused No.10 in the said case. The allegation against the appellant was that while working with Maharashthon Housing and Area Development Authority (in short 'MHADA') the appellant allotted premises to various persons under his signature, issued rent receipts so that the said persons could claim that they were in possession of the tenements, though in fact, the tenements, in question, were vacant and were not in possession of MHADA.

3. According to the prosecution, the appellant committed offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 466, 467, 468 and 471 o...

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