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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO._____________/2024 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO.1849/2020)
NAINA Appellant(s)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the appellant and
learned counsel appearing for the State. The other
respondents have been duly served. The second respondent
is the complainant.
3. By the impugned order, the High Court partly allowed a
petition for quashing filed by the appellant and her
husband. The petition was for quashing charge-sheet
arising out of Crime No.312 of 2009 for the offences
punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 read with Section
34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The High Court granted
relief of quashing to the appellant’s husband but rejected
the prayer of the appellant. As noted by the High Court,
the allegation against the appellant and her husband was
that in furtherance of their common intention to grab the
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property subject matter of the First Information Report
(FIR), they annexed a forged map and documents to the sale
deed of the vendor Gyatri Mukherjee while registering the
sale deed. Another allegation against the appellant is
that in spite of knowledge of forgery and fabrication of
map and documents, the appellant entered into an agr...