Bombay High Court

SUBHASH S/O. VASANTRAO BHOSALEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The revision application is infructuous and is therefore disposed.

Summary

Subhash filed Criminal Revision Application No. 370 of 2019 against the State of Maharashtra. While the revision was pending, the trial court framed charges and commenced evidence. The applicant's counsel argued that the cause of action no longer existed and the revision should be disposed. The court examined whether the revision remained maintainable after the charge was framed. Finding that the cause of action had become infructuous, the court disposed of the revision application.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal revision application remains maintainable after the charge is framed and evidence has commenced

Subjects

criminal revision
infructuous
charge framed
evidence commenced
procedural law

Judgment

                                                               37.REVN.370.2019.odt



                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                             BENCH AT AURANGABAD

              CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 370 OF 2019

Subhash S/o. Vasantrao Bhosale                             ...Applicant

         Versus

The State of Maharashtra                                   ...Respondent

                                ***
Mr. Sayaji S. Nawale h/f Ms. Jayashree R. Ghorpade (Nawale),
Advocate for the Applicant.
Mr. A.A.A. Khan, APP for Respondent – State.
                                ***

                                       CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
                                       DATE : SEPTEMBER 07, 2026
PER COURT :

1.                 Mr. Sayaji Nawale, learned counsel holding for Ms.

Jayashree Ghorpade, learned counsel for the Applicants, submits that,

during the pendency of the instant Criminal Revision Application, the

charge came to be framed and the evidence has also commenced. He

therefore, submits that the instant Criminal Revision Application be

disposed of.

2.                 Hence, as the cause of action does not survive, the instant

Criminal Revision Application is disposed of as infructuous.




                                              ( SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J. )

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