Bombay High Court

GANGADHAR S/O. PUNDLIKRAO GAWAIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: ABATED

Holding

A criminal revision application abates upon the death of the applicant.

Summary

The petitioners, Gangadhar Gawai and Subhash Bhosale, filed criminal revision applications before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. During the proceedings, counsel for the applicant in Revision No. 369, Ms. Vishakha V. Bang, informed the court that the applicant, Gangadhar Gawai, had died. The court examined whether the death of an applicant extinguishes the pending revision. Relying on established procedural principles that a criminal revision abates upon the death of the petitioner, the court held that the application could no longer proceed. Consequently, the revision was disposed of as abated.

Issues considered

Does the death of a petitioner cause a criminal revision application to abate?

Subjects

criminal revision
abated application
death of applicant
procedural law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:39472


                                                  1/1                  934-REVN-369-2019


                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                     934 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 369 OF 2019

                                     Gangadhar S-o. Pundlikrao Gawai
                                                VERSUS
                                        The State Of Maharashtra
                                                   WITH
                              CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 370 OF 2019
                                      Subhash S-o. Vasantrao Bhosale
                                                  VERSUS
                                    The State Of Maharashtra
                                               …..
                Ms. Vishakha V. Bang h/f., Mr. Nilesh Ghanekar, Advocate for
                Applicant in REVN No.369 of 2019.
                Mr. S. S. Nawale h/f., Mrs. R. J. Nawale, Advocate for Applicant
                in REVN No.370 of 2019.
                Mrs. B. B. Gunjal, APP for State.

                                                   …..

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

                PER COURT :

                1.        Ms. Bang, holding for Mr. Ghanekar, learned counsel for
                applicant, stats that she has received information that the
                Applicant - Gangadhar Gawai has expired. As such, instant
                Criminal Revision Application has abated. Hence, disposed of as
                abated.



                                                         (SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.)



                Kiran Kawre

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