State Excise Department-Divisional 1 vs Varsha Dharmapal Pawar — 2059/2024

Summary: In State Vs. Varsha (SCC No. 2059/2024), the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Hingna, discharged the accused under Section 258 of the Criminal Procedure Code due to the prosecution's failure to file a Chemical Analysis (C.A.) report, making it impossible to determine the nature of the seized article under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act. The court stopped the proceedings, recalled the warrant, and ordered return of seized liquor to the Excise Department and any vehicle to its registered owner after the appeal period. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.