Bombay High Court

BALU S/O. LAXMAN PAWARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: DISMISSED

Holding

The criminal revision application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant had already served the sentence.

Summary

Balu, son of Laxman Pawar, filed a criminal revision application (No. 359 of 2019) against the State of Maharashtra. While the revision was pending, the applicant completed the sentence imposed on him. The learned counsel argued that the completion of the sentence rendered the revision application infructuous. The Court examined whether a revision could continue after the sentence had been served and held that the application could no longer be entertained. Consequently, the Court dismissed the revision as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal revision application remains maintainable after the appellant has already undergone the sentence.

Subjects

criminal revision
infructuous application
sentence completion
procedural law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:39471


                                                  1/1                     933-359-2019


                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                     933 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 359 OF 2019

                                     Balu S-o. Laxman Pawar
                                             VERSUS
                                    The State Of Maharashtra
                                                …..
                Mr. Amol Gaikwad h/f., Mr. Shekade Shashikant E, Advocate for
                Applicant.
                Mrs. B. B. Gunjal, APP for State.
                                                …..

                                           CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
                                           DATE : 29 AUGUST, 2026

                PER COURT :

                1.        Mr. Amol Gaikwad, holding for Mr. Shekade, learned counsel
                for the applicant, states that during the pendency of instant
                Criminal Revision Application, the applicant has undergone the
                sentence. As such, the instant Criminal Revision Application has
                become infructuous. Hence, dismissed as infructuous.



                                                        (SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)




                Kiran Kawre

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