Bombay High Court
LALITKUMAR MOTIRAM JONDHALEversusSUSHILABAI LALITKUMAR JONDHALE AND ANOTHER
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
A criminal revision application may be dismissed for want of prosecution where the applicant fails to appear despite a clear warning.
Summary
The petitioner filed a criminal revision application (ST) No.11881 of 2024. The court had previously warned that if the applicant failed to appear on the next date, the matter would be presumed abandoned and dismissed. On the scheduled date, no representative of the applicant appeared. Consequently, the court dismissed the revision application for want of prosecution. As a result, the underlying Criminal Application No.4392/2024 was also disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the criminal revision application should be dismissed for want of prosecution due to the applicant's failure to appear despite a clear warning?
Subjects
- criminal revision
- want of prosecution
- non-appearance
- dismissal
- high court
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:41538
4392.24appln
(1)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
914 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (ST.) NO.11881 OF
2024
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 4392 OF 2024
IN REVNST/11881/2024
LALITKUMAR MOTIRAM JONDHALE
VERSUS
SUSHILABAI LALITKUMAR JONDHALE AND ANOTHER
…..
CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
DATE : 08th SEPTEMBER, 2026
P. C. :
1. On last occasion i.e. on 25/08/2026, since nobody
appeared for the applicant, this Court had kept this matter today with
clear understanding that, if none appears for the applicant on next date,
this Court shall presume that the applicant is not interested in
prosecuting this matter and shall proceed to dismiss the same. Even
after passing this order, no one is present for the applicant.
2. In that view of the matter, this criminal revision
application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
3. In view of dismissal of revision application, Criminal
Application No.4392/2024 does not survive and the same is also
disposed of.
[SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.]
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