Bombay High Court

INDUBAI EKNATH PATILversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA and OTHRS.

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order, and the pending civil application is also disposed of.

Summary

The petitioners filed a criminal writ petition challenging an order communicated on 28 September 2020 and subsequent notices. The respondents' counsel submitted the communications for the court's record. The petitioner's counsel reviewed the documents and agreed that the petition could be disposed of while preserving the petitioner's right to contest the order later. The court accepted this arrangement, ordering the petition to be disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to challenge the order. Additionally, a pending civil application related to the matter was also disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal writ petition can be disposed of while granting the petitioner liberty to challenge the impugned order in the future

Subjects

criminal writ petition
disposal with liberty to challenge
civil application
court communications

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43477-DB

1 912 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1036 OF 2020

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD

912 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1036 OF 2020

INDUBAI EKNATH PATIL
VERSUS
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHRS.
...
Adv. U. L. Memale h/f Adv. M. S. Deshmukh, Advocate for the
Petitioner
Adv. Rajdeep D. Raut, APP for Respondents-State
...

WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 266 OF 2021
IN WP/1036/2020

VISHWAS RAGHUNATH BAGALE
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
…
Adv. A. S. Sawant, Advocate for Applicant
Adv. Rajdeep D. Raut, APP for Respondents-State
...

CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

DATED : 22/09/2026
Per Court:

. Heard.

2. The learned APP has placed on record the communication

dated 28.09.2020 along with the subsequent communications

dated 31.10.2020 and 03.11.2020. The learned counsel for the

petitioner has also gone through the said communications and
2 912 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1036 OF 2020

confirms the fact that this petition can be disposed of by keeping

the right of the petitioner to challenge the order mentioned in the

aforesaid communication. All these communications are taken on

record and marked “X” collectively for identification.

3. In view of the same, the petition stands disposed of with

liberty to the petitioner as aforesaid. The pending Civil Application

is also disposed of.

( VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J. ) ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )

shivani/

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