Bombay High Court
M. SARFARAZODDIN AYAZUDDIN KAZI AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The petition stands disposed of as infructuous because the underlying special case has already been decided.
Summary
The petitioners, M. Sarfarazoddin Ayazuddin Kazi and others, filed a criminal writ petition seeking the quashing of an FIR and the related Special Case No. 51 of 2020. No counsel appeared for the petitioners, and the State was represented by Mr. Rajdeep D. Raut. The Court learned from a resource personnel report that the Special Judge had already decided the case on 13 December 2024. Since the substantive proceedings were already concluded, the petition had no remaining relief to grant. Consequently, the Court held the petition infructuous and disposed of it.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a criminal writ petition seeking quash of an FIR when the underlying case has already been decided?
Subjects
- criminal procedure
- writ petition
- quashing FIR
- infructuous petition
- jurisdiction
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:38976-DB
918 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 158 OF 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
918 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 158 OF 2023
M. Sarfarazoddin Ayazuddin Kazi And Others
VERSUS
The State Of Maharashtra And Another
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Adv. Saeed S. Shaikh for the Petitioners - Absent
Mr. Rajdeep D. Raut, APP for State
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CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.
DATE : AUGUST 20, 2026
PER COURT :
1) None appears for the petitioners.
2) Although the direction is sought for quashing of
the F.I.R. as well as the proceedings in Special Case No.
51 of 2020 arising therefrom, as per the report of the
Resource Personnel of this Court dated 19.08.2026, the
concerned Special Judge has already decided the aforesaid
Special Case No. 51 of 2020 on 13.12.2024.
3) In view of the above, nothing survives in the
present petition. The Criminal Writ Petition, therefore,
stands disposed of as infructuous.
(VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV) (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE)
JUDGE JUDGE
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