Bombay High Court

KACHRU SOPAN GAWALIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISMISSED

Holding

The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner filed a criminal writ petition seeking reinvestigation of Crime No. 497/2017 registered at Newasa Police Station. The petition was filed in 2021, but the petitioner failed to pursue the matter thereafter. The High Court observed that the petitioner showed no interest in prosecuting the case. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition on the ground of want of prosecution. No substantive merits of the reinvestigation request were examined.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate judicial response when a petitioner files a writ petition for reinvestigation but subsequently shows no interest in prosecuting the case?

Subjects

criminal procedure
reinvestigation
want of prosecution
writ petition
high court

Judgment

                                   (1)
                                                   19 Cri.WP-1041.2021.odt
     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                BENCH AT AURANGABAD
     19 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1041 OF 2021

                KACHRU SOPAN GAWALI
                      VERSUS
       THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
                                  …
                       None for the petitioner.
             Mrs. Uma Bhosale, A.P.P. for respondents-State.
                               ...
                     CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                             VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.

                     DATED : 7 SEPTEMBER 2026.

Per Court :

1.    None for the petitioner.

2.    The      record   shows   that     this   petition    is   filed   for

reinvestigation of Crime No.497/2017 of Newasa Police Station,

but after filing this petition in the year 2021, the petitioner

never care to circulate the matter. Thus, it appears that the

petitioner is not interested in prosecuting the matter, and

therefore,     the   petition   stands     dismissed       for   want     of

prosecution.



(VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV)                  (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE)
       JUDGE                                     JUDGE




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