Bombay High Court

RAJU @ RAJIV BASAVRAJ GURAVversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 8 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI SHYAM C CHANDAK

Holding

The petition is infructuous and is therefore disposed.

Summary

The petitioner, Raju @ Rajiv Basavraj Gurav, filed Criminal Writ Petition No.1046 of 2025 against the State of Maharashtra seeking relief. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that a prior judgment dated 25 November 2025, in the same petition number, had already decided the matter. The court examined the claim that the earlier judgment rendered the present petition moot. Finding that the earlier decision indeed made the petition infructuous, the court saw no need for further adjudication. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the present criminal writ petition is infructuous in view of the earlier judgment dated 25 November 2025

Subjects

criminal writ
mootness
petition infructuous
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

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CHANDERSEN
SHIV
                           H.C. SHIV                                                    33.w1046.25.doc
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CHANDERSEN SHIV                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Date: 2026.01.17                             CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
10:31:34 +0300


                                         CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1046 OF 2025

                      Raju @ Rajiv Basavraj Gurav                      …..Petitioner
                            Vs.
                      State of Maharashtra                             …..Respondent

                                        __________________________________________

                      Ms. Anima Mishra, Advocate with Anuj Singh, Vinod Patil, Priyanka i/b
                      Dhaara Legal for the Petitioner.
                      Mrs. P. P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State.
                                     __________________________________________

                                                          CORAM :      A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                       SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.
                                                             DATE :    8th JANUARY, 2026.


                      P.C.:-

                      1)               Ms. Mishra, learned Advocate for the Petitioner submitted that,

                      in view of the Judgment dated 25 th November 2025 passed in Criminal Writ

                      Petition No.1046 of 2025, filed by the Petitioner himself, this Petition has

                      become infructuous.

                      2)               Petition is accordingly disposed off.



                                (SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)                         (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




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