Bombay High Court

SATISH GANGADHAR SAWANTversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed as moot because all charge sheets are already filed and will be tried by the same judge.

Summary

The petitioner, Satish Gangadhar Sawant, filed a criminal writ petition seeking the clubbing of six First Information Reports (FIRs) registered under various crime numbers with the Majalgaon City Police Station for investigation. The petitioner argued that the FIRs should be combined for trial. The counsel for the petitioner, on instruction, clarified that charge sheets for all six cases have already been filed before the same Additional Sessions Judge, Majalgaon, and the trials will be conducted by that single judge. The Court observed that since the cases are already consolidated in the same court, there is no ground for the petition. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as there was nothing left to adjudicate.

Issues considered

Whether a petition for clubbing of multiple FIRs is maintainable when charge sheets for all the FIRs have already been filed before the same trial court

Subjects

clubbing of FIRs
criminal procedure
jurisdiction
trial consolidation
writ petition

Judgment

                                      (1)
                                               961- Cri.W. P. 1559-2025.odt
          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

            CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1559 OF 2025
                    SATISH GANGADHAR SAWANT
                                VERSUS
             THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                  …..
       Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. M. P. Kale h/f
                                      Mr. Sharad S. Solanke
       Public Prosecutor for Respondents: Mr. A. B. Girase
                                  ......
                   CORAM :       SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, &
                                 VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J.J.

                   DATED :       SEPTEMBER 03, 2026

ORDER:-

1.     The petition is filed for clubbing of all the subsequent First

Information Reports under Crime Nos. 129 of 2025 dated 28.03.2025,

137 of 2025 dated 4.4.2025, 325 of 2025 dated 4.9.2025, 17 of 2024

dated 24.01.2024 registered with Majalgaon City Police Station,

against the petitioner for the purpose of investigation. However, the

learned counsel holding for Mr.Sharad S. Solanke, on instructions,

submits that in all these six crimes, the charge sheets are already filed

in one and the same Court i.e. the learned Additional Sessions Judge,

Majalgaon, District Beed. As such, those trials would be conducted by

the same Judge. Under such circumstances, nothing survives in this

petition and it stands disposed of.



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