Bombay High Court
DEEPAK K.DIALANIversusRAKESH SAJJAN SINGH LADWAL and ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dismissed
- Bench
- R N LADDHA
Holding
The revision application is dismissed for non-prosecution.
Summary
The criminal revision application filed in 2004 remained pending for over two decades without being circulated or listed. When finally listed on 12 January 2026, neither the applicant nor any counsel appeared. The court noted the prolonged inactivity and the applicant's failure to prosecute the matter. Consequently, the court placed the matter on the board for dismissal. The revision was therefore dismissed for non-prosecution.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal revision application pending for an extended period can be dismissed for non-prosecution due to the applicant's failure to appear.
Subjects
- criminal revision
- non-prosecution
- procedural default
- dismissal
Judgment
Digitally
signed by
CHITRA
CHITRA SANJAY
SANJAY SONAWANE
SONAWANE Date:
2026.01.13
15:11:24
+0530
Chitra Sonawane 1-REVN-242-2004.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Criminal Revision Application No.242 of 2004
Deepak K Dialani
303, Brookefields, Lokhandwala
Complex, Andheri West, Mumbai. … Applicant.
Vs.
1. Rakesh Sajjan Singh Ladwal
Presently Asst. Commissioner,
Central Excise, having his office
at Rishikesh Apartment Tarapur
Industrial Estate, MIDC, Tarapur,
Boisar, District Thane.
2. The State of Maharashtra … Respondents.
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None for the applicant.
Ms MR Tidke, APP for the respondent / State.
Mr Arjun Dere a/w Mr Saurabh Mehta i/by Mr HH Ponda
for respondent No.1.
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Coram : R.N.Laddha, J.
Date : 13 January 2026.
P.C. :
This Criminal Revision Application has remained
pending since the year 2004. Today, when the matter is
called out, none present for the Applicant/original
Complainant. The record reveals that since the filing of the
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present Revision Application, the same was never circulated
and was first listed on 12 January 2026. On the said date as
well, none appeared for the applicant, and consequently, the
matter was placed on today’s board under the caption ‘for
dismissal’. In these circumstances, the present Criminal
Revision Application stands dismissed for non-prosecution.
[R. N. Laddha, J.]
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