Bombay High Court

KETAN TIRODKARversusENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE AND ORS

Decided: 6 October 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn

Holding

The court held that the applicant's request to withdraw the criminal application was permissible and ordered the application to be dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Ketan Tirodkar, filed a criminal application under Criminal Public Interest Litigation No.10 of 2019 before the High Court of Bombay. The applicant, through counsel, sought leave to withdraw the application unconditionally. The respondents, the Enforcement Directorate and others, were served with the application. The Court considered the request for withdrawal and found no impediment to granting it. Accordingly, the Court granted leave to withdraw the application. The matter was then disposed of as withdrawn.

Subjects

withdrawal of application
criminal procedure
public interest litigation

Judgment

                                       Sbw                                               3-APPI5-2019.doc




                                               IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                                     CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                    CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5 OF 2019

                                                                      IN

                                          CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.10 OF 2019

                              Ketan Tirodkar                                       … Applicant

                                        V/s.

                              Enforcement Directorate & Ors.                       … Respondents




                              Mr. Abdul Kader Millwala h/f Ms. Aparna Vhatkar for the Applicant.
                              Smt. P.P. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent-State.


                                                                 CORAM :     A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                             KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                                   DATE :    6th October, 2026

                              P.C.:-

                              1)               Learned Advocate for Applicant on instructions, seeks leave to

                              withdraw Application unconditionally.

                              1.1)             Leave granted.

                              2)               Disposed off as withdrawn.



                                          (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                   (A.S. GADKARI, J.)

           Digitally signed
           by SANDHYA
SANDHYA BHAGU
BHAGU   WADHWA
WADHWA Date:
        2026.10.08
           18:47:41 +0530                                                                                   1/1

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