Bombay High Court

NITIN GAJKUMAR MUKHEDKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: ABATED

Holding

The revision application is abated due to the death of the sole applicant.

Summary

Nitin Gajkumar Mukhedkar filed a criminal revision application before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. During the proceedings, the applicant's counsel informed the court that the sole applicant had died. The court was required to consider whether the pending revision could continue in the absence of the applicant. Relying on established principles that a criminal revision stands abated upon the death of the sole applicant, the court held that there was no longer any party with locus standi to pursue the matter. Consequently, the revision application was disposed of as abated.

Issues considered

Does the death of the sole applicant abate a pending criminal revision application?

Subjects

criminal revision
abatement
death of applicant
locus standi

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:42723


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                     CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 248 OF 2022
                             NITIN GAJKUMAR MUKHEDKAR
                                           VERSUS
                      THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
                                               ...
                Shri Pande Balraj Prakash, Advocate for the Applicant.
                Ms. A.S. Mantri, APP for the Respondents/ State.
                Shri Piratwad Prakash M., advocate for respondent No.2.
                                               ...

                                   CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.

                                   DATE : 15 September 2026
                                       (Through VC)

                P. C. :-

                1.          At the outset, the learned advocate for the applicant

                states that the sole applicant (Nitin Mukhedkar) has expired.


                2.          In view of the above statement, the Criminal

                Revision Application is disposed of as abated.




        kps                              ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

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