Bombay High Court

RAJENDRA S/O. VASANTRAO PATIL AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Disposal: DISMISSED

Holding

The application is dismissed as infructuous because the trial has already concluded.

Summary

The applicants filed Criminal Application No. 4198 of 2019 seeking relief, but argued that the trial had already concluded, rendering the application moot. The court examined whether the application could proceed despite the trial's conclusion. Finding that the application was indeed infructuous, the court dismissed it. No substantive issues of law were addressed beyond the procedural mootness. The dismissal effectively closed the matter without further hearing.

Issues considered

What is the effect of a concluded trial on pending criminal applications?

Subjects

infructuous application
criminal procedure
dismissal
procedural mootness

Judgment

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                                                 criappln4198.19.odt

       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

          943 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4198 OF 2019

Rajendra S/o. Vasantrao Patil
& others                                        ….Applicants

VERSUS

The State of Maharashtra
& another                                       …..Respondents

Ms. H. R. Lomte, Advocate holding for Mr. V. D. Salunke, Advocate for
Applicants.
Mr. N. R. Dayama, APP for the State.

                                CORAM : R. M. JOSHI, J.
                                DATE : 21st AUGUST, 2026.
PER COURT :


1.     Learned Counsel for Applicants submits that the trial has

already concluded and as such the application has become

infructuous.

2.    Application stands dismissed as infructuous.



                                                ( R. M. JOSHI, J.)

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