Bombay High Court

NAVNATH BALAJI SHEWALEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: Withdrawn

Holding

The Court granted leave to withdraw the criminal application and disposed of it as withdrawn.

Summary

Navnath Balaji Shewale filed Criminal Application No. 3189 of 2026 before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. After hearing counsel, the Court expressed its disinclination to allow the application. The applicant then sought leave to withdraw the application. The Bench granted leave to withdraw. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn, without any substantive merits being decided.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court may grant leave to withdraw a criminal application after expressing disinclination to allow it

Subjects

withdrawal of criminal application
procedural discretion
criminal procedure
High Court
application disposed

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37621
                                                                      925aookb3189-26

                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                       925 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3189 OF 2026

                                     Navnath Balaji Shewale
                                             VERSUS
                             The State Of Maharashtra And Another
                                                 ...
            Mr. Uddhav Laxmanrao Momale, Advocate for the Applicant
            Mr. V. K. Kotecha, Addl. PP for the Respondent-State


                                  CORAM : HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.
                                    Dated : 18th August, 2026
            PER COURT :-

            1.       After hearing the learned Advocate for the Applicant for some

            time, when this Court has expressed its disinclination to allow the

            application, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, on instructions,

            seeks leave to withdraw the application. Leave granted.


            2.       The Criminal Application is disposed of as withdrawan.




                                                      (HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.)
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