High Court of Gujarat

DEVANGKUMAR JITENDRABHAI PATELversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
Bench: VIMAL K VYAS

Holding

The court granted permission to withdraw the criminal miscellaneous application, disposing it as withdrawn without addressing the merits.

Summary

The applicant, Devangkumar Jitendrabhai Patel, filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking consent quashing. The applicant later approached the court requesting permission to withdraw the application. The respondent, State of Gujarat, opposed the withdrawal. The court considered whether it could grant permission to withdraw a pending criminal miscellaneous application. It granted the request, stating that the application is disposed of as withdrawn and that it has not examined the merits of the case. Consequently, the application stands withdrawn without any substantive adjudication on the underlying issues.

Issues considered

Whether the court may grant permission to withdraw a pending criminal miscellaneous application.

Subjects

withdrawal of applicationcriminal miscellaneous applicationconsent quashingprocedural order

Judgment

       R/CR.MA/8882/2026                                                ORDER DATED: 20/04/2026




               IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD

 R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR CONSENT QUASHING) NO. 8882
                            of 2026

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                        DEVANGKUMAR JITENDRABHAI PATEL
                                     Versus
                            STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
 ==========================================================
 Appearance:
 MEHUL A SURATI(7870) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
 MR. TIRTHRAJ PANDYA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
 ==========================================================

    CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL K. VYAS

                                        Date : 20/04/2026

                                          ORAL ORDER


          Learned advocate Mr. Mehul Surati appearing for the
 applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present Criminal
 Misc. Application.
          Permission, as prayed for, is granted. The present Criminal
 Misc. Application stands disposed of as withdrawn. However, it
 is clarified that the Court has not gone into the merits of the
 case.


                                                                            (VIMAL K. VYAS, J)
 AMAR SINGH


Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: AMAR SINGH(HC01081), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/04/2026 17:38:13




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