Interim Order 1

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(At the request of Learned A.P.P. the proceedings are conducted
‘In Camera’)
C.C. No. 2856/PW/2018 Exh - 04
Deposition of Witness No. 01 for Prosecution.
I on solemn affirmation depose as under :
My Name : Snehanjali Ramesh Awasthi
Age : 31 years Occupation : Private Job
R/o. : Room No.5, Mirinda Society, Ganesh Nagar, Chimatpada,
Andheri(E), Mumbai.
Exam.-in-chief by APP Mr. K. S. Jamdhade for the State:-
1. I know accused through Facebook as I received a friend
request on it. I used to work in Arati Industries as a Business Consultant
in the year 2016. I worked there for approximately 2 & half years. I
hold a Facebook account in the name of Snehanjali Awasthi. Accused
had sent me a friend request on the said account and I accepted the
same. We started chatting on Facebook, then we exchanged our mobile
numbers and started talking on the mobile phones. We also used to chat
on What’s App from the same numbers. I met the accused for the first
time in the month of November-2016 at City Mall, Andheri. Thereafter
we started visiting each other’s home. I had been to the house of
accused at Rasul Building, Jacob Circle, Sat Rasta. I do not recollect the
mobile number of the accused from which we used to talk. The accused
told me that he was working as Senior Executive in Stock Holding
Corporation, B.K.C. I never visited his office.
2. In the month of January 2017 accused requested me to
transfer Rs.500/-(Rs. Five Hundred) to his account by giving some
reasons regarding non receipt of salary and medical condition of his
mother. I transferred Rs.500/- from my ICICI Bank account to the
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account of accused in HDFC Bank. The accused then kept of
demanding money from me for one or the other count. In all I gave
Rs.45,000/- (Rs. Forty Five Thousand) to the accused from time to time.
The accused even returned Rs.45,000/-(Rs. Forty Five Thousand) to me.
Even after returning the said amount accused kept on demanding
money from me. However, I refused to pay the amount to the accused.
3. On 04.07.2017 accused made a phone call to me and
suggested that we should meet for a farewell, near Spirit Hotel, Marol. I
went there around 07:00 p.m. on the same day. We had dinner there. I
paid the bill and accused offered to drop me home by his car bearing
registration No. MH 01 AC 5035. We both sat in the car, accused was on
driver seat and I was sitting on the co-driver seat. Accused started
driving, he stopped the car near ‘Qube’ Building. Two strangers were
standing near the car. The accused said that he needs Rs.60,000/- (Rs.
Sixty Thousand) on the next day. I told the accused that I do not possess
that amount to give him on the next day. On saying that the accused
kept his hand on my breast, he pushed me and started abusing me. The
accused then told me that if I do not pay him, he will force me to
commit suicide. When I got down from the car after being pushed by
the accused, the accused also alighted from the car and assaulted me by
kicks and fist blows. Those two strangers who were standing near the
car also assaulted me by kick and fist blows. The shoved towards the
footpath. The accused then threatened me that in case I failed to pay
him money in the installment of Rs.20,000/-(Rs. Twenty Thousand)
each he would make our photographs viral on ‘Facebook’ and
‘Whatsapp’. I went home from there. I did not disclose the incident to
anybody.
4. On the next day accused contacted me and out of fear I
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transferred him Rs.10,000/-(Rs. Ten Thousand). I told about the
incident to my father thereafter. My father lodged a written complaint
with the Police Commissioner on the next day. I lodged report on
03.08.2017 at Sahar Police Station. The F.I.R. & printed F.I.R. are now
shown to me. They bear my signature. Their contents are true and
correct. They are marked as Exh-05 and Exh-06. Accused Jugal
Solanki is present before Court today.
Examination-in-chief is completed
Cross-examination by Learned Counsel Mr. Nayan Gandhi for
accused:-
5. It is true to say that accused was my good friend in the
year 2017 and we used to visit each other’s house. It is true to say
that I am well educated. It is true to say that ‘Qube’ building is
near my house. It is true to say that Sahar Police Station is hardly
01 k.m. away from the ‘Qube’ building. It is not true to say that
area surrounding the Qube building is a crowded place. It is true
to say that the area surrounding the Qube building is a public
place and people & vehicles often pass from the road situated near
the building. It is true to say that I know the parents of accused. I
did not inform about the incident to the parents of accused. I did
not meet the accused personally after the incident dated
04.07.2017. It is true to say that since last 8 years we are not in
touch either through social media or personally.
6. It is true to say that I did not go the police station on
04.07.2017 or 05.07.2017. It is not true to say that no incident
dated 04.07.2017 as deposed by me ever occurred. It is true to say
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that monetary transactions between me and accused were
common. It is not true to say that there was a fight between me
and accused on account of monetary transaction and I lodged false
report against the accused. It is not true to say that accused never
tried to outrage my modesty and never touched my breast. It is not
true to say that accused never assaulted me or pushed me with two
strangers. It is not true to say that today I am deposed false.
Cross-examination is completed
No re-examination
Witness is discharged.
R.O.A.C.
Sd/-
(Ms. G. D. Nirmale)
Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate,
22nd Court, Andheri, Mumbai.
Date : 29.09.2025
Before me,
Sd/-
(Ms. G. D. Nirmale)
Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate,
22nd Court, Andheri, Mumbai.
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