High Court of Gujarat

YASHPALBHAI BHABHALUBHAI DHANDHALversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: M R MENGDEY

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal of the application and disposed the matter as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners Yashpalbhai Dhandhal & others filed a criminal miscellaneous application for consent quashing before the High Court of Gujarat. Their counsel sought permission to withdraw the application because a settlement that had been reached between the parties failed. The court examined whether it could allow the withdrawal of a pending application of this nature. It held that a party may be permitted to withdraw a pending application upon proper request. Accordingly, permission was granted and the matter was disposed of as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the court may permit withdrawal of a criminal miscellaneous application for consent quashing

Subjects

Criminal Procedure CodeConsent QuashingWithdrawal of ApplicationSettlementHigh Court of Gujarat

Judgment

            R/CR.MA/21768/2025                                                              ORDER DATED: 09/01/2026




                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

           R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONSENT QUASHING) NO.
                                 21768 of 2025

      ==========================================================
                        YASHPALBHAI BHABHALUBHAI DHANDHAL & ORS.
                                         Versus
                                STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
      ==========================================================
      Appearance:
      A R SHAH(7768) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2,3,4,5,6
      MR. HARDIK SONI, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
      ==========================================================

         CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. R. MENGDEY

                                                     Date : 09/01/2026

                                                       ORAL ORDER


                Learned Advocate for the Applicant seeks permission to withdraw the
      present Application as settlement arrived at between the parties has failed.
                Permission as prayed for is granted. The matter stands disposed of as
      withdrawn.

                                                                                                (M. R. MENGDEY,J)

      J.N.W / EB II/1




Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: JAYANTILAL NARAYAN WAGHELA(HC00178), Principal Pvt. Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 12/01/2026 10:43:46




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