Bombay High Court
MEHBOOB ABHAS ALI JAMADARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the petitioner has already been released after serving his sentence.
Summary
Mehboob Abhas Ali Jamadar filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a matter that had become moot. The petitioner argued that he had already been released from jail on 1 October 2020 after serving his entire sentence. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra and others, were represented by the Additional Public Prosecutor. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that the petition was therefore infructuous. The Court examined the factual circumstance of the petitioner’s release and found no remaining issue to adjudicate. Consequently, the Court disposed of the petition as infructuous, effectively dismissing it.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition remains maintainable when the petitioner has already completed his sentence and been released from custody?
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- infructuous petition
- release after sentence
- high court
Judgment
KSG 20-WP-1227-2020.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 1227 OF 2020
Mehboob Abhas Ali Jamadar … Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors … Respondents
_______________________________________
Mr. Omkar Nagvekar i/b Mr. Prashant Badole for the Petitioner.
Mr. Ajay S. Patil, A.P.P. for Respondent No.1-State.
_______________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.
DATE : 17th JANUARY 2026
P.C. :
1) Mr. Nagvekar, learned Advocate appearing for the Petitioner on
instructions submitted that, the Petitioner has already been released from jail
on 1st October, 2020 after undergoing his entire sentence and therefore
Petition has become infructuous.
2) Disposed off as infructuous.
( SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
Digitally
signed by
KIRAN
KIRAN SANJAY
SANJAY GHUGE
GHUGE Date:
2026.01.20
19:10:57
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