High Court of Gujarat
BHUMIKA PARESHBHAI PATELversusRANGE INSPECTOR GENERAL
- Decided
- Disposal
- 37-DISMISSED FOR DEFAULT @ ADMISSION
- Bench
- M R MENGDEY
Holding
The application is dismissed for non-prosecution as the petitioner's counsel failed to appear.
Summary
The petitioners, Bhumika Pareshbhai Patel and another, filed Special Criminal Application No. 5195 of 2025 against the Range Inspector General and others. The petition was listed before the High Court of Gujarat, Ahmedabad. The petitioner's counsel, Prashant V. Chavda, failed to appear when the matter was called out. The respondent's counsel, Meet Thakkar, was present. The Court observed that the petitioners had not prosecuted the application and consequently dismissed the matter. No substantive merits of the case were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether the Special Criminal Application can proceed in the absence of the petitioner's counsel?
Subjects
- Special Criminal Application
- non-prosecution
- procedural default
- court dismissal
- absence of counsel
Judgment
R/SCR.A/5195/2025 ORDER DATED: 18/08/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION (DIRECTION) NO. 5195 of 2025
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BHUMIKA PARESHBHAI PATEL & ANR.
Versus
RANGE INSPECTOR GENERAL & ORS.
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Appearance:
PRASHANT V CHAVDA(8510) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2
MR MEET THAKKAR, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M. R. MENGDEY
Date : 18/08/2026
ORDER
Learned advocate for the petitioners is not present when the matter is
called out. Hence, the matter stands dismissed for non-prosecution.
(M. R. MENGDEY,J)
Manshi
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: AMIN MANSI(HC01561), Private Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 18/08/2026 15:25:26
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