FRANCIS DANIEL GAIKWAD AND ORS. vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR. — APL/1078/2022

Case under Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.pc) Section 482. Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 27th March 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010432242022

Filing Number

APL/17594/2022

Filing Date

12-Oct-2022

Registration No

APL/1078/2022

Registration Date

16-Nov-2022

Judge

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe

Coram

Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe

Bench Type

Division

Category

CRIMINAL ( 9 )

Sub-Category

OTHERS ( 99 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal

Decision Date

27-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Allowed

Last updated 05-Apr-2026

Acts & Sections

Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.pc) Section 482
Indian Penal Code (I.p.c)

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.FRANCIS DANIEL GAIKWAD AND ORS.

    Adv. Prachi Tatake,PRASANNA KISHOR SHAHANE,PRASANNA KISHOR SHAHANE, SACHIN B CHANDAN (APPOINTED ADV THROUGH LEGAL AID DT 18.03.

  2. 2.,PRASANNA KISHOR SHAHANE

  3. 3.JYOSTNA DANIEL GAIKWAD

    Adv. PRASANNA KISHOR SHAHANE

  4. 4.MONIKA W/O NEEL KHAJEKAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

  2. 2.MONIKA W/O FARNICIS GAIKWAD

    Adv. SAKSHEE P CHAVAN (APPOINTED ADV)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 03-Nov-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe

  3. 27-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. BhobeView PDF

    The Bombay High Court quashed FIR No. 0203 of 2022 under Section 498A IPC (cruelty to wife) after the husband and wife amicably settled their matrimonial dispute and both filed for mutual consent divorce before the Family Court. The court imposed costs of Rs. 25,000 each on the applicants and the respondent (wife), relying on Supreme Court precedents that permit quashing of FIRs in settled domestic cases where no useful purpose is served by continuing criminal prosecution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 24-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin D. BhobeView PDF

  5. 20-Aug-2025

    Revoked

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh S. Patil

  6. 11-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh S. PatilView PDF

  7. 12-Jul-2024

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Justice Dr. Neela Kedar GokhaleView PDF

  8. 08-Jan-2024

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  9. 02-Nov-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  10. 02-Nov-2023

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  11. 05-Oct-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  12. 05-Oct-2023

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  13. 21-Sep-2023

    Hon'ble Smt. Justice Anuja Prabhudessai,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  14. 21-Sep-2023

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre , Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh S. Patil

  15. 24-Aug-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre,hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh S. PatilView PDF

  16. 24-Aug-2023

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar Dige

  17. 03-Aug-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar DigeView PDF

  18. 03-Aug-2023

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar Dige

  19. 27-Jul-2023

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari , Hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar Dige

  20. 20-Jul-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar DigeView PDF

  21. 15-Jun-2023

    Hon'ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari,hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar DigeView PDF

  22. 13-Mar-2023

    For Orders (Due Matters)

    Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere , Hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. Chavan

  23. 16-Jan-2023

    Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere,hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. ChavanView PDF

  24. 16-Jan-2023

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere , Hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. Chavan

  25. 05-Dec-2022

    Hon'ble Justice Revati Mohite Dere,hon'ble Shri Justice Prithviraj K. ChavanView PDF

  26. 05-Dec-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  27. 12-Oct-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. APL/1078/2022

casestatus.in Summary

The Bombay High Court quashed FIR No. 0203 of 2022 under Section 498A IPC (cruelty to wife) after the husband and wife amicably settled their matrimonial dispute and both filed for mutual consent divorce before the Family Court. The court imposed costs of Rs. 25,000 each on the applicants and the respondent (wife), relying on Supreme Court precedents that permit quashing of FIRs in settled domestic cases where no useful purpose is served by continuing criminal prosecution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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