In a heated family fight over land in Parbhani, the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad has decided to cancel a previous order that would have put some family members in jail. The case involves Vijaykumar and Anilkumar Kucheriya against Sushilkumar Kucheriya, all family members living in Parbhani.
The argument is about a piece of land, Gut No.84. Vijaykumar and Anilkumar said the land was given to them after the family divided their property. However, Sushilkumar supposedly stopped them from taking control of the land, which led to a lawsuit in 2015. This lawsuit was dismissed in 2020, leading to an appeal.
On July 14, 2022, a court order was given to stop Vijaykumar and Anilkumar from selling the land. Despite this, they sold the land on July 18 and 19, 2022. Sushilkumar said this broke the court order, which led to the brothers being sentenced to one month in jail.
"The appellants were bold enough to state that no dispute was pending before the Court," the judgment noted.
Judge Shailesh P. Brahme, who saved the decision on December 1, 2025, and announced it on December 24, 2025, said that Vijaykumar and Anilkumar did not intentionally disobey the court order. The court accepted their apology and noted that they did not mean to break the rule.
Vijaykumar and Anilkumar argued they didn't know about the court order because they were out of town. However, the court found they were present during the hearing. The court mentioned another case to show that "willful disobedience" means breaking a rule on purpose.
The court decided that what Vijaykumar and Anilkumar did did not deserve jail time. It rejected the demand for a harsher punishment and accepted the apology given by Vijaykumar and Anilkumar.
"The acts done by the appellants are pardonable," the court declared.
