High Court of Gujarat

SNEHALBHAI BHARATBHAI PATELversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 40-WITHDRAWN @ FH
Bench: P M RAVAL

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal of the application and disposed of it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking to quash FIR/Order No. 14877 of 2020. Charges had already been framed and the trial had commenced. The petitioners then requested permission to withdraw the application, and the respondent (State) raised no objection. The Hon'ble Justice P.M. Raval granted the request, stating that the court would not consider the merits and that the application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Consequently, the notice was discharged and the matter was closed without any substantive adjudication.

Issues considered

Whether an application for quashing an FIR can be withdrawn after charges have been framed and trial commenced

Subjects

Criminal Procedure CodeQuash of FIRWithdrawal of applicationHigh Court orderProcedural law

Judgment

           R/CR.MA/14877/2020                                                                      ORDER DATED: 22/07/2026




                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

           R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET ASIDE
                         FIR/ORDER) NO. 14877 of 2020

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                                SNEHALBHAI BHARATBHAI PATEL & ANR.
                                              Versus
                                     STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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    Appearance:
    MR MANISH J PATEL(2131) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2
    MR VANDAN K BAXI(5863) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
    MS PRACHITI V SHAH(9990) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
    NANAVATI & NANAVATI(1933) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
    ROHAN SHAH APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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       CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL

                                                        Date : 22/07/2026

                                                          ORAL ORDER


    1. Learned Advocate for the Applicant submits that the charges
    have been framed and the trial has commenced and, therefore,
    seeks permission to withdraw the present application. Learned
    Advocate Ms. Janki Jadeja for Respondent No. 2 submits that she
    has no objection if the matter is withdrawn.

    2. Permission, as sought for, is granted. This Court has not gone
    into the merits of the matter. The present application stands
    disposed of as withdrawn. Notice is discharged.

                                                                                                             (P. M. RAVAL, J)
    MMP



Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: MAHENDRA MOHANBHAI PUROHIT(HCD0074), ENGLISH STENOGRAPHER GRADE TWO CLASS TWO, at High Court of Gujarat on 22/07/2026
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