Bombay High Court
RAGHUNATH RAJARAM DESAIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The application is infructuous and is disposed of accordingly.
Summary
The applicant, Raghunath Rajaram Desai, filed a criminal application (No. 973 of 2025) before the Bombay High Court, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. No counsel or the applicant appeared when the matter was called. During the pendency of this application, the applicant was acquitted in a separate criminal case, R.C.C. No.496 of 2016, and a copy of that judgment was placed on record. The court observed that the acquittal rendered the pending application moot. Consequently, the bench held that the application had become infructuous. The application was therefore disposed of as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal application pending before the High Court becomes infructuous upon the applicant's acquittal in a related case.
Subjects
- acquittal
- infructuous application
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- disposal of application
- High Court
Judgment
13-APL-973-2025.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 973 OF 2025
Raghunath Rajaram Desai Applicant
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Versus
State of Maharashtra and another … Respondents
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None for the Applicant.
Digitally
signed by
SHAILAJA
SHRIKANT
SHAILAJA
SHRIKANT
HALKUDE
Mr. Pankaj P. Deokar, A.P.P., for Respondent – State.
HALKUDE Date:
2026.09.19
13:26:17
+0530
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CORAM : ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.
DATED : SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
P.C.:
1. No one appears for the Applicant, either in the Court Hall or
through Video Conferencing mode, when the matter is called out.
2. Learned A.P.P. submitted that, during the pendency of the
present Application, the Applicant was acquitted in R.C.C. No.496 of 2016.
Accordingly, he tendered a copy of the Judgment and Order dated 11 th
September 2026 across the bar, which is taken on record and marked as “ X”
for identification.
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13-APL-973-2025.odt
3. On perusal, it appears that during the pendency of this
Application, the Applicant was acquitted and, therefore, this Application has
become infructuous.
4. In view of the above, the Application is disposed of as
infructuous.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.)
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