Uma Mahesh Newalkar nee Tejashri Vishwanath Acharekar vs Bharati Satyavan Dhuri etc. 9 Advocate - Inperson — 8/2022

Case under Code of Criminal Procedure Section 397. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED / REJECTED AFTER FULL TRIAL / HEARING on 12th March 2026.

Case disposed

Cri.Rev.App. - Criminal Revision Application

CNR: MHSI010001902022

Filing Number

82/2022

Filing Date

10-Mar-2022

Registration No

8/2022

Registration Date

10-Mar-2022

Court

District and Session Court , Sindhudurg

Judge

1-Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

Decision Date

12-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED / REJECTED AFTER FULL TRIAL / HEARING

Last updated 20-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Code of Criminal Procedure Section 397

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Uma Mahesh Newalkar nee Tejashri Vishwanath Acharekar

    Adv. TUKARAM ARJUN DHURI

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Bharati Satyavan Dhuri etc. 9 Advocate - Inperson

  2. 2.Shri. Ajit Gangaram Khavnekar , Vice Sarpanch

  3. 3.Smt. Rajani R. Tembkar

  4. 4.Smt. Rajeshri Rajan Ranjankar Member Grampanchayat Medha

  5. 5.Shri. Negesh Ravindra Sarang, Member Grampanchayat Medha

  6. 6.Smt. Trupti Tukaram Kamble Member Grampanchyat Medha

  7. 7.Sou. Virshri Virochan Methar, Member Grampanchayat Medha

  8. 8.Smt. Namita Narayan Ghatwal Member Grampanchayat Medha

  9. 9.Shri. Pravin Savlaram Rane Member Grampanchayat Medha

  10. 10.Shri. Mangaldas Krushaji Tikam Member of Grampanchayat Medha

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 12-Mar-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Summary The Sessions Court dismissed the applicant's criminal revision application against the trial court's order dismissing her complaint against 10 panchayat members. While the court found the trial court erred in requiring sanction under Section 197 CrPC (as panchayat members are not public servants requiring such sanction per established precedent), it upheld dismissal on substantive grounds: the complaint lacked proper documentary evidence, contained vague allegations, and failed to establish essential elements of alleged offences like forgery and criminal breach of trust. The court found the dispute essentially arose from non-payment under a work order—a civil matter—and noted criminal law cannot be misused as a tool in civil disputes. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 12-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  4. 11-Mar-2026

    Judgment

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  5. 10-Mar-2026

    Judgment

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  6. 23-Jan-2026

    Arguments

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  7. 18-Dec-2025

    Arguments

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  8. 03-Dec-2025

    Arguments

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  9. 02-Dec-2025

    Arguments

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  10. 10-Nov-2025

    Arguments

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  11. 22-Sep-2025

    Hearing

    Principal District and Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  12. 04-Aug-2025

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  13. 09-Jun-2025

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  14. 03-Mar-2025

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  15. 17-Jan-2025

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  16. 19-Nov-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  17. 03-Sep-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  18. 25-Jun-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Addl. Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  19. 23-Apr-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  20. 12-Mar-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  21. 13-Feb-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  22. 09-Jan-2024

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  23. 04-Dec-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  24. 30-Oct-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  25. 25-Sep-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  26. 21-Aug-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  27. 31-Jul-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  28. 26-Jun-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  29. 24-Apr-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-2 and Assistant Sessions Judge, Sindhudurg

  30. 20-Mar-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  31. 06-Feb-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  32. 10-Jan-2023

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  33. 13-Dec-2022

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  34. 15-Nov-2022

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  35. 03-Oct-2022

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  36. 12-Sep-2022

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  37. 16-Aug-2022

    Hearing

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  38. 22-Jul-2022

    Filing of Vakilpatra

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  39. 10-Jun-2022

    Filing of Vakilpatra

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  40. 24-May-2022

    Awaiting Notice

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  41. 09-May-2022

    Awaiting Notice

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  42. 22-Apr-2022

    Awaiting Notice

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  43. 05-Apr-2022

    Awaiting Notice

    District Judge-1 and Addl. Sessions Judge Sindhudurg

  44. 10-Mar-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  45. 10-Mar-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. 8/2022

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Sessions Court dismissed the applicant's criminal revision application against the trial court's order dismissing her complaint against 10 panchayat members. While the court found the trial court erred in requiring sanction under Section 197 CrPC (as panchayat members are not public servants requiring such sanction per established precedent), it upheld dismissal on substantive grounds: the complaint lacked proper documentary evidence, contained vague allegations, and failed to establish essential elements of alleged offences like forgery and criminal breach of trust. The court found the dispute essentially arose from non-payment under a work order—a civil matter—and noted criminal law cannot be misused as a tool in civil disputes. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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