Bombay High Court

KUSUM JITENDRA CHAUDHARIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISMISSED

Holding

Leave to withdraw the criminal applications was granted and the applications were dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The applicant, Kusum Jitendra Chaudhari (alias Kusum Dattatray Patil), filed three criminal applications and accompanying revision applications before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. After a hearing during which the Court expressed reluctance to entertain the matters, the applicant’s counsel, on instructions, sought leave to withdraw the applications. The Court considered the request and, despite its initial disinclination, granted leave to withdraw. Consequently, all three criminal applications and the revision applications were dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal matters were addressed. The order reflects the Court’s procedural discretion to allow withdrawal of pending criminal applications.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court may grant leave to withdraw pending criminal applications and revisions?

Subjects

withdrawal of criminal application
criminal revision
procedural law
high court discretion

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:39595


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                           CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3282 OF 2022
                                   IN REVNST/9073/2022
                                          WITH
                           CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3345 OF 2022
                                   IN REVNST/9252/2022
                                          WITH
                           CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3354 OF 2022
                                   IN REVNST/9269/2022

                 KUSUM JITENDRA CHAUDHARI @ KUSUM DATTATRAY
                                     PATIL
                                    VERSUS
                    THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
                                                …
                Shri Vrishab Patil h/f Shri Jadhav Satej S., Advocate for the
                Applicant.
                Mrs. Bharati B. Gunjal, APP for the Respondent/ State.
                Shri Shinde Ravindra S., advocate for respondent No.2.
                                               ...


                                    CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.

                                    DATE : 31 August 2026


                P. C. :-

                1.            After hearing learned advocate for the applicant for

                some time, when this Court has shown disinclination to entertain

                this matter, learned advocate for the applicant, on instructions,

                seeks leave to withdraw the matter.


                2.            Leave granted.
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      3.          All three Criminal Applications as well as the

      Criminal Revision Applications are dismissed as withdrawn.




kps                           ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

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