Bombay High Court
RANGRAO DADU PATILversusBAJIRAO MARUTI KUMBHAR (MHARULKAR) AND ANR
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The High Court ordered that the pending criminal proceedings be transferred to the Sessions Court having jurisdiction, as mandated by the Supreme Court precedent.
Summary
The appellant, Rangrao Dadu Patil, filed a criminal appeal before the Bombay High Court against respondents Bajirao Maruti Kumbhar and others. Both parties argued that, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Celestium Financial Ltd. v. A. Gnanasekaran (2025 SCC OnLine SC 1320), the matter should be heard by the Sessions Court having territorial jurisdiction. The learned counsel for the appellant and the State relied on that precedent to seek transfer of the proceedings. The High Court, after considering the submissions, ordered that the proceedings be transferred to the appropriate Sessions Court, directing the registrar to effect the transfer and the Sessions Court to re‑register and expedite the case. Consequently, the appeal and any interim applications were disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the pending criminal proceedings before the High Court should be transferred to the Sessions Court having jurisdiction in view of the Supreme Court precedent.
Subjects
- transfer of jurisdiction
- criminal appeal
- Sessions Court
- procedural law
- Supreme Court precedent
Judgment
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by LAXMIKANT
GOPAL
LAXMIKANT CHANDAN
GOPAL Date:
16) APEAL-581.15 (CR).DOCX
CHANDAN 2026.08.27
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 581 OF 2015
Rangrao Dadu Patil : Appellant
VERSUS
Bajirao Maruti Kumbhar (Mharulkar) and anr : Respondents
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Mr. Akash M. Murudkar i/by Mr. Manoj Patil for the Appellant.
Mr. Nitin B Patil, APP for the Respondent – State.
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CORAM : ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.
DATED : 27 AUGUST 2026
PC:-
1. Heard learned Advocate for the Appellant and learned APP
for the Respondent – State.
2. Learned Advocates for the parties, by referring to the
decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Celestium
Financial Vs. A. Gnanasekaran Etc. reported in 2025 SCC OnLine
SC 1320, submit that these proceedings would now lay before the
Sessions Court having jurisdiction. They therefore request that
these proceedings be transferred to the Sessions Court having
jurisdiction.
3. In view of the above, the following order is passed :-
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(i) The present proceedings be transferred to the Sessions
Court, having jurisdiction;
(ii) The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court to take appropriate
steps for transferring these proceedings to the Sessions
Court, having jurisdiction;
(iii) The Sessions Court, to which these proceedings would be
transferred or assigned, after re-registration of the same,
shall issue notice to the parties to the said proceedings
and thereafter proceed with the matter on its own merits
and in accordance with law.
(iv) Considering the proceedings which are now being
transferred have been pending for some time, the
Sessions Court to which these proceedings would be
assigned is requested to make an endeavour to expedite
the proceedings. Parties shall cooperate in the early
disposal of the proceedings.
4. Criminal Appeal No. 581 of 2015 is disposed of.
5. Interim Application, if any, is also disposed of.
(ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.)
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