Bombay High Court
ASHABAI @ ASHAMATI BHARAT LIPNE AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The court held that the criminal revision application is infructuous and ordered its disposal.
Summary
The petitioners sought disposal of their criminal revision application on the ground that the passage of time had rendered the matter infructuous. The learned counsel for the applicants argued that continuing the proceedings would be futile. The court examined the claim of infructuity and found no substantive impediment to disposing of the application. Consequently, the criminal revision application was ordered to be disposed of as infructuous. Following this, the original criminal application was also deemed not to survive and was likewise disposed.
Issues considered
- Whether the criminal revision application should be declared infructuous and disposed of due to the passage of time?
Subjects
- criminal revision
- infructuous
- procedural disposal
- passage of time
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:38443
292.24appln
(1)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
17 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 292 OF 2024
IN / WITH
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (ST.) NO.767 OF 2024
ASHABAI @ ASHAMATI BHARAT LIPNE AND ANOTHER
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
…..
Mr N. J. Patil, Advocate for Applicants
Mr M. A. Aher, APP for Respondent/State
…..
CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
DATE : 24th AUGUST, 2026
P. C. :
1. Mr Patil, learned Advocate for the applicants states that
due to passage of time, this matter has become infructuous. He,
therefore, prays for disposal of this matter being infructuous.
2. In view of the above, this criminal revision application
stands disposed of as infructuous.
3. In view of disposal of criminal revision application,
criminal application does not survive and the same is also disposed of.
[SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.]
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