NUZIVEEDU SEEDS PVT. LTD AND ANR. GIRISH KAMALKISHOR MUNDHADA, ,NARENDRA O. DHOOT vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA — APL/955/2025

Case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 528. Disposed: --ALLOWED on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 18-Jul-2025

CNR: HCBM040212172025

e-Filing Number

30-06-2025

Filing Number

APL/5770/2025

Filing Date

08-Jul-2025

Registration No

APL/955/2025

Registration Date

09-Jul-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

Coram

Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

Bench Type

Single

Category

CRIMINAL ( 9 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--ALLOWED

Last updated 26-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 528

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NUZIVEEDU SEEDS PVT. LTD AND ANR. GIRISH KAMALKISHOR MUNDHADA, ,NARENDRA O. DHOOT

  2. 2.MANISH MADHUKARRAO RANGE

    Adv. GIRISH KAMALKISHOR MUNDHADA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

    Case Summary: APL/955/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Bombay (Nagpur Bench) allowed all criminal applications and quashed multiple prosecution cases against Nuziveedu Seeds Pvt. Ltd. and associated individuals. Key Reasoning: The court held that prosecutions under the Seeds Act, 1966 were fatally defective due to excessive delays in filing complaints and serving summons, which rendered the accused's statutory right to re-analyze seed samples illusory. Since seed samples have limited shelf lives, by the time defendants learned of charges, the samples had already deteriorated beyond reliable testing. The court found this violated the right to fair trial and constituted abuse of process, as the defendants could not meaningfully exercise their reanalysis rights guaranteed under Section 16(2) of the Seeds Act. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 06-May-2026

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  4. 27-Apr-2026

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  5. 15-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  6. 15-Apr-2026

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke

  7. 20-Nov-2025

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  8. 06-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  9. 06-Nov-2025

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  10. 01-Oct-2025

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  11. 01-Oct-2025

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi

  12. 15-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. JoshiView PDF

  13. 15-Sep-2025

    Applications For Admission After Notice (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke

  14. 25-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Urmila Joshi PhalkeView PDF

  15. 25-Aug-2025

    Applications For Admission Fresh (Criminal Side Matters)

    Hon'ble Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke

  16. 25-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Justice Urmila Joshi PhalkeView PDF

  17. 18-Jul-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  18. 08-Jul-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. APL/955/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: APL/955/2025 Court Decision: The High Court of Bombay (Nagpur Bench) allowed all criminal applications and quashed multiple prosecution cases against Nuziveedu Seeds Pvt. Ltd. and associated individuals. Key Reasoning: The court held that prosecutions under the Seeds Act, 1966 were fatally defective due to excessive delays in filing complaints and serving summons, which rendered the accused's statutory right to re-analyze seed samples illusory. Since seed samples have limited shelf lives, by the time defendants learned of charges, the samples had already deteriorated beyond reliable testing. The court found this violated the right to fair trial and constituted abuse of process, as the defendants could not meaningfully exercise their reanalysis rights guaranteed under Section 16(2) of the Seeds Act. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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