Bombay High Court
UTTARESHWAR @ BABA S/O. MADHUKAR PATILversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- ABATED
Holding
A criminal revision application abates upon the death of the applicant.
Summary
The petitioner, Uttareswar @ Baba, filed a criminal revision application (No. 125 of 2018) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. During the proceedings, Ms. Neha Udavant, the petitioner's advocate, informed the court that the petitioner had died and produced a death certificate, which was marked as ‘X’ for identification. The court considered whether the death of the petitioner extinguished the pending revision application. Relying on established procedural principles that a criminal revision abates upon the death of the applicant, the court held that the application could no longer proceed. Consequently, the revision application was disposed of as abated.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of the death of a petitioner on a pending criminal revision application?
Subjects
- criminal revision
- abeyance
- death of applicant
- procedural law
- High Court
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:37569
125.18revn
(1)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
919 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 125 OF 2018
UTTARESHWAR @ BABA S/O. MADHUKAR PATIL
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
…..
Ms Neha Udavant, Advocate h/f Mr S. J. Salunke, Advocate for
Applicant
Mr M. A. Aher, APP for Respondent/State
…..
CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
DATE : 19th AUGUST, 2026
P. C. :
1. Ms Udavant, learned Advocate holding for Advocate Mr
Salunke for the applicant states that, she has received information that
the applicant has expired, and therefore, the instant revision
application has abated against the applicant. She tenders death
certificate of the applicant, which is taken on record and marked as ‘X’
for identification.
2. In view of the above, this criminal revision application is
disposed of as abated.
[SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.]
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