India, Dec. 21 -- The Bombay high court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a 70-year-old Andheri resident, his wife and 30-year-old son, for allegedly abusing and assaulting a traffic police constable during a routine seatbelt check.

The division bench of justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh D Patil said there was evidence supporting the allegations against the couple and their son and in such a scenario quashing of the case would demoralise the police force.

The incident took place on August 13, 2024, at MHADA Colony Junction. Traffic police constables Ganesh Sonawane and Bharat Chaudhary were on duty when Sonawane noticed that a woman seated in the front passenger seat was not wearing a seatbelt.

Sonawane stopped the c...