Bombay High Court

PANDURANG NARAYANRAO BYALEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The revision is dismissed as infructuous, and the lower court is directed to decide the pending RCC case within nine months.

Summary

Pandurang Narayanrao Byale filed Criminal Revision Application No. 32 of 2020 seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. The applicant informed the court that the revision had become infructuous because the related Regular Criminal Court (RCC) No.9/2014 case pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Loha, had been ongoing since 2014. He requested that the trial be expedited. The Court held that, given the applicant's own admission, the revision was indeed infructuous and therefore disposed of it. However, exercising its case‑management powers, the Court directed the learned JMFC, Loha, to dispose of the pending RCC case within nine months from the date of the order. The order thus both dismissed the revision and imposed a time‑bound directive on the lower court.

Issues considered

Whether the Criminal Revision Application is infructuous and should be dismissed.
Whether the High Court can direct the lower court to dispose of a pending criminal trial within a specified period.

Subjects

criminal revision
infructuous application
case management
expedited trial
direction to lower court

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38603


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                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                     CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 32 OF 2020
                           PANDURANG NARAYANRAO BYALE
                                           VERSUS
                             THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
                                              ...
                Shri Bhavthankar Vivek V., Advocate for the Applicant.
                Shri M.A. Aher, APP for the Respondent/ State.
                                              ...
                                  CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.

                                  DATE : 25 August 2026
                P. C. :-

                1.          Learned advocate for the applicant states that this

                revision has become infructuous. However, he prays that since

                RCC No.9/2014 is pending before the learned JMFC, Loha, since

                2014, trial may be expedited.


                2.          In view of the above statement, the Criminal

                Revision Application is disposed of as being infructuous.


                3.          As RCC No.9/2014 is pending since 2014 and the

                evidence has commenced, it would be appropriate to direct the

                learned JMFC, Loha, to decide the said RCC case within a period

                of nine months from today.


        kps                              ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

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