Bombay High Court
NAVNATH SAHEBRAO PIMPLEversusRAMESH MANOHAR SURWASE
- Disposal
- ABATED
Holding
The death of the applicant abates the pending criminal revision, leading to its disposal.
Summary
Navnath Sahebrao Pimple filed a criminal revision application (Revn/66/2022) along with a related criminal application (No. 717/2022). During the pendency of the revision, the applicant died. The learned counsel for the applicant argued that the death of the applicant caused the matter to abate. The Court held that the death of the applicant indeed abates the pending revision application. Consequently, the revision application was disposed of as abated, and the related criminal application was also dismissed as it could not survive the abatement.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of the death of an applicant on a pending criminal revision application?
Subjects
- criminal revision
- abatement
- death of party
- procedural law
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:40152
66.22revn
(1)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
907 CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 66 OF 2022
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 717 OF 2022
IN REVN/66/2022
NAVNATH SAHEBRAO PIMPLE
VERSUS
RAMESH MANOHAR SURWASE
…..
Mr M. L. Dharashive, Advocate for Applicant
Mr A. M. Reddy, Advocate for Respondent
…..
CORAM : SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.
DATE : 02nd SEPTEMBER, 2026
P. C. :
1. Learned Advocate for the applicant submits that, during
the pendency of this revision application, applicant Navnath Sahebrao
Pimple is expired and this matter has abated against applicant.
2. In view of above, this revision application is disposed of
as abated.
3. In view of disposal of revision application, Criminal
Application No.717/2022 does not survive and the same is also
disposed of.
[SUSHIL M. GHODESWAR, J.]
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