Bombay High Court
CHHAYA DNYANESHWAR PATANKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The revision application was dismissed as infructuous because the cause of action ceased to exist after the parties compromised.
Summary
Chhaya Dnyaneshwar Patankar filed a criminal revision application against the State of Maharashtra. During the pendency of the application, the parties reached a compromise, and the applicant’s counsel submitted that the cause of action no longer survived. The court examined whether the revision remained maintainable after the compromise. Finding that the cause of action had ceased, the court held that the application was infructuous. Consequently, the revision application was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal revision application remains maintainable when the parties have compromised the underlying dispute
Subjects
- criminal revision
- compromise
- infructuous
- cause of action
- dismissal
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:41968
901.REVN.30.2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 30 OF 2026
Chhaya Dnyaneshwar Patankar ...Applicant
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and Others ...Respondents
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Mr. Narwade Rohit Gautam, Advocate for the Applicant.
Mr. Madhukar A. Aher, APP for Respondent – State.
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CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
DATE : SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
PER COURT :
1. Mr. Narwade, learned counsel for the Applicant states that
during the pendency of the instant Revision Application, this matter is
compromised between the parties and as such, cause of action to
prosecute the present Revision Application dose not survive, therefore
prays for dismissal of the Application.
2. Hence, the Criminal Revision Application is disposed of as
infructuous.
( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )
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