Bombay High Court

SHRIKANT NONAYA KOTIANversusNIRMALA GOPALDAS SADRANGANI AND ANR.

Decided: 23 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed off as Withdrawn
Bench: GAURI GODSE

Holding

Leave to withdraw criminal applications may be granted at the court's discretion, resulting in the applications being disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Mr. Shrikant Nonaya Kotian, filed Criminal Applications No. 226 and 227 of 2018 in the Bombay High Court against the respondents. The applicant, through counsel, later sought leave of the court to withdraw these applications. The court considered the procedural request without delving into the substantive merits of the original claims. No legal impediment to withdrawal was identified, and the court exercised its discretion to allow the withdrawal. Consequently, the court granted leave to withdraw and ordered the applications to be disposed of as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the court may grant leave to withdraw pending criminal applications under the Criminal Procedure Code

Subjects

withdrawal of criminal application
procedural law
criminal appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                                    4-ALP-226-2018.doc




                             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
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                                     CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                    CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 226 OF 2018
                                                     WITH
                                    CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 227 OF 2018


                        Mr. Shrikant Nonaya Kotian                   ….Applicant
                              vs.
                        Smt. Nirmala Gopaldas Sadrangani              … Respondents
                        and Another


                        Ms. Richa Singh i/b. Ms. Shweta Singh for the Applicant.
                        Ms. Shilpa G. Talhar, APP for the State.


                                                     CORAM : GAURI GODSE, J.

                                                     DATED : 23rd JANUARY 2026

                        ORDER:

                        1.   Learned counsel for the applicant on instructions seeks

                        leave to withdraw the applications. Leave granted.

                        2.   Applications are disposed of as withdrawn.




                                                                   (GAURI GODSE, J.)

           Digitally
           signed by
           RAJESHWARI
RAJESHWARI RAMESH
RAMESH     PILLAI                                     1/1
PILLAI     Date:
           2026.01.28
           14:24:24
           +0530

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