Bombay High Court

RAJU @ RAJENDRA S/O. RAMCHANDRA SOLUNKEversusMEENABAI W/O. RAJU @ RAJENDRA SOLUNKE

Disposal: DISMISSED

Holding

The criminal revision application is dismissed for want of prosecution due to non‑appearance of counsel.

Summary

The petitioner, Raju @ Rajendra Solunke, filed a criminal revision application (No. 10 of 2019) against Meenabai. The High Court observed on 14 August 2026 that the petitioner's counsel had not appeared, and the matter was adjourned. On the subsequent date, 21 August 2026, no counsel appeared again, indicating the petitioner’s loss of interest in pursuing the revision. The Court therefore dismissed the application for want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the revision were considered.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate consequence when a party fails to appear through counsel in a criminal revision proceeding?

Subjects

criminal revision
non‑appearance
want of prosecution
dismissal
high court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38415




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                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                       919 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 10 OF 2019

                          RAJU @ RAJENDRA S/O. RAMCHANDRA SOLUNKE
                                           VERSUS
                           MEENABAI W/O. RAJU @ RAJENDRA SOLUNKE


                                      ( CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

                                         DATE : 21st AUGUST, 2026

              PER COURT :


              1.                This Court, vide order dated 14.08.2026, has observed that

              this Application will be dismissed for non appearance of the learned

              Advocate for the Applicant, on the next date.



              2.                Today also, none appears for the Applicant.    As such, it

              revealed that the Applicant has lost interest in prosecuting the Criminal

              Revision Application, hence stands dismissed for want of prosecution.




                                                          ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)




              khs/Aug.2026/10

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