Bombay High Court

NARAYAN DNYANOBA VARALE AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: Withdrawn

Holding

The application is disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Narayan Dnyanoba Varale and others, filed a criminal application seeking its own withdrawal, stating that the trial was substantially complete with only two witnesses remaining and that the accused statements under Section 313 Cr.P.C. would follow. The respondent State of Maharashtra, through its counsel, indicated that the trial could be concluded within six months from the date of the application. The court accepted the applicant's request and disposed of the application as withdrawn. It further directed the trial court to expedite the remaining proceedings and complete the trial within six months. No substantive merits of the criminal charges were addressed, as the matter pertained solely to procedural withdrawal.

Issues considered

Whether the court should permit the withdrawal of the pending criminal application filed by the applicant.

Subjects

criminal procedure
withdrawal of application
Section 313 CrPC
trial management
court directions

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:41982-DB
                                                                      940appln235-25

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                        940 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 235 OF 2025

                              Narayan Dnyanoba Varale And Others
                                            VERSUS
                              The State Of Maharashtra And Another
                                                ...
            Mr. Patil Nileshsingh Jaysinghrao, Advocate for the Applicant
            Mr. V.K. Kotecha, APP for the Respondent-State


                                   CORAM : HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.
                                     Dated : 8th September, 2026
            PER COURT :-

            1.       The learned APP submits that the trial has sufficiently
            progressed and four witnesses are already examined. Only two
            witnesses are left to be examined and thereafter, statements of the
            accused persons under Section 313 Cr.P.C. will be recorded and the
            matter will be posted for argument and judgment. He submits that the
            entire process is likely to complete within a period of six months from
            today.

            2.       In the light of above, the learned Advocate for the applicant
            seeks withdrawal of the present application. The Application is
            disposed of as withdrawn.

            3.       The learned trial court to make every endeavour to complete
            the trial within a period of six months from today.




                                                       (HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.)
 JPChavan




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