Bombay High Court
ARVIND VASANT BARASKAR AND ANRversusSUDALAIMANI PANDARAM NADAR AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
- Bench
- GAUTAM A ANKHAD
Holding
Criminal Application No.1570 of 2019 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The applicants, Arvind Vasant Baraskar and another, failed to appear before the Bombay High Court when their criminal application was listed on 22 January 2026, and they have not appeared since. No counsel was retained for the applicants, and the matter had not been circulated. The court noted the applicants' apparent loss of interest in the proceedings. Consequently, the court dismissed Criminal Application No.1570 of 2019 for want of prosecution. The dismissal was entered without any substantive hearing on the merits.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural outcome when the applicants fail to appear and do not prosecute their criminal application?
Subjects
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- non-appearance
- criminal application
- procedural default
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.1570 OF 2019
Arvind Vasant Baraskar and Anr. .. Applicants
Vs.
Sudalaimani Pandaram Nadar and Anr. .. Respondents
None for the Applicants.
Ms. Poonam P. Bhosale, APP for Respondent No.2-State of Maharashtra.
CORAM : GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.
DATE : 23RD JANUARY 2026.
P.C. :
1. This matter was listed on 22nd January 2026 when no one appeared for the
Applicants. Even today, no one appears for the Applicants. The matter has not been
circulated since the time it has been filed. It seems that the Applicants have lost
interest in the matter.
2. Criminal Application No.1570 of 2019 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
[ GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. ]
Digitally
signed by 1/1
SNEHA SNEHA
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