<p>The Bombay High Court has stayed any further proceedings to be initiated on an FIR filed against Baramati Agro Ltd, a firm controlled by NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, on charges of alleged disobedience of order passed by a public servant.</p>.<p>Rohit Pawar is the grandnephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar and nephew of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p>The company's executive director, Subhash Gulave, had filed a petition in the High Court, seeking to quash the FIR registered pursuant to a complaint lodged by BJP legislator Ram Shinde, who lost to Rohit Pawar in the 2019 Assembly elections from Karjat-Jamkhed constituency.</p>.<p>A division bench of Justices N W Sambre and R N Laddha in its order passed on July 21 said it would hear the plea on September 11.</p>.<p>“Till then further proceedings shall remain stayed,” the court said.</p>.<p>As per the plea, in September 2022, a decision was taken in the state Cabinet meeting that the crushing season for 2022-23 would start on October 15 and appropriate criminal action would be initiated against erring factories.</p>.<p>Shinde in his complaint to the sugar commissioner alleged the Baramati Agro started sugarcane crushing on October 10, 2022 itself.</p>.<p>The sugar commissioner appointed a special auditor to probe the charges.</p>.<p>Gulave in his plea claimed the auditor appointed had given a factual report stating there was no irregularity. However, he was suspended and a new inquiry officer was appointed to conduct a probe into Shinde's allegations, the petition said.</p>.<p>In December 2022, the second auditor submitted a report confirming the allegations made by Shinde.</p>.<p>Gulave in the plea said the company was not given the auditor's report and that it came to know of the contents after a show cause notice was issued to the firm in March 2023.</p>.<p>After that, an FIR was registered by the police under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, the plea said.</p>
<p>The Bombay High Court has stayed any further proceedings to be initiated on an FIR filed against Baramati Agro Ltd, a firm controlled by NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, on charges of alleged disobedience of order passed by a public servant.</p>.<p>Rohit Pawar is the grandnephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar and nephew of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.</p>.<p>The company's executive director, Subhash Gulave, had filed a petition in the High Court, seeking to quash the FIR registered pursuant to a complaint lodged by BJP legislator Ram Shinde, who lost to Rohit Pawar in the 2019 Assembly elections from Karjat-Jamkhed constituency.</p>.<p>A division bench of Justices N W Sambre and R N Laddha in its order passed on July 21 said it would hear the plea on September 11.</p>.<p>“Till then further proceedings shall remain stayed,” the court said.</p>.<p>As per the plea, in September 2022, a decision was taken in the state Cabinet meeting that the crushing season for 2022-23 would start on October 15 and appropriate criminal action would be initiated against erring factories.</p>.<p>Shinde in his complaint to the sugar commissioner alleged the Baramati Agro started sugarcane crushing on October 10, 2022 itself.</p>.<p>The sugar commissioner appointed a special auditor to probe the charges.</p>.<p>Gulave in his plea claimed the auditor appointed had given a factual report stating there was no irregularity. However, he was suspended and a new inquiry officer was appointed to conduct a probe into Shinde's allegations, the petition said.</p>.<p>In December 2022, the second auditor submitted a report confirming the allegations made by Shinde.</p>.<p>Gulave in the plea said the company was not given the auditor's report and that it came to know of the contents after a show cause notice was issued to the firm in March 2023.</p>.<p>After that, an FIR was registered by the police under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code, the plea said.</p>