VINAYAK Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present Petition has been filed to quash complaint filed by Appropriate Authority (hereafter referred as "complainant") under the provisions of Pre conception and Pre natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (hereafter referred as "Act") and the Pre conception and Pre natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules, 1996 (hereafter referred as "Rules").

(2.) THE Petition is Admitted and has been heard finally. Learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned Public Prosecutor for the Respondents submitted elaborate arguments. With this matter some other similar matters were also argued and Counsel for Petitioners adopted arguments of each other on law points to request for quashment of Criminal Trials against accused.

(3.) ON behalf of the Respondents, affidavit in reply has been filed by Medical Officer of Health, Aurangabad Municipal Corporation denying the contentions raised in the Petition. According to the Respondents, the complaint concerned clearly makes out case under the Act and Rules.