Bombay High Court
DHIRAJ CHANDRAKANT BARATEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed off as Withdrawn
- Bench
- S M MODAK
Holding
The revision application is disposed of as withdrawn, with all contentions kept open.
Summary
The applicant filed a criminal revision application (No. 194 of 2017) in the Bombay High Court, which had remained pending since 2017. On 17 January 2026, the applicant, through counsel Aniket Nikam, sought to withdraw the revision while expressly keeping all of his contentions open for consideration. The Court examined the request and found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal of the application. Consequently, the Court disposed of the revision application as withdrawn. However, the Court ordered that the applicant's contentions remain open for any further appropriate proceedings.
Issues considered
- Whether a pending criminal revision application can be withdrawn while preserving the applicant's substantive contentions.
Subjects
- criminal revision
- withdrawal of application
- High Court
- procedure
Judgment
LSP 1 15 revn 194.17.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Criminal Revision Application No. 194 of 2017
Dhiraj Chandrakant Barate … Applicant
V/s.
State of Maharashtra … Respondent.
Mr. Aniket Nikam Advocate for the Applicant.
Mr. Hitendra J. Dedhia APP for the State.
CORAM : S.M. MODAK, J
DATE : 17th January 2026.
P.C. :
It is true this revision application is pending since 2017. On
the basis of instructions, learned Advocate Shri Nikam prays for
Digitally
signed by
LATA
LATA
SUNIL
SUNIL
PANJWANI
PANJWANI Date:
withdrawal by keeping all contentions open.
2026.01.20
16:36:15
+0530
2. Revision Application is disposed of as withdrawn. All
contentions are kept open.
(S.M. MODAK, J.)
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