Bombay High Court

MOHAMMED RAZA KHAN S/O MOHAMMED ABDUL SATTAR KHANversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.

Summary

The petitioner, Mohammed Raza Khan, filed a writ petition on 26 March 2016 in the Bombay High Court. He failed to appear for the hearing and neither he nor his counsel took any steps to advance the petition. The court noted the petitioner's apparent lack of interest in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground of non-prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non-prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear or take steps to pursue it

Subjects

writ petition
non-prosecution
dismissal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

DTG                                                            207-Wp.1778.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                       CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        WRIT PETITION NO. 1778 OF 2019

Mohammed Raza Khan
S/o. Mohammed Abdul Sattar Khan                              … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Anr.                              … Respondents
                    _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Mr. Ashish I. Satpute, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
                 _______________________________________

                             CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                     KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                             DATE  : 17th June 2026

P.C. :

1)              None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.

2)              Record indicates that, since the date of filing of the Petition i.e.

26th March 2016, neither the Petitioner nor his Advocate has taken any steps

to circulate the Petition, even once.

2.1)            It appears that, the Petitioner is not interested in pursuing the

Petition.

3)              Dismissed for non-prosecution.




                ( KAMAL KHATA, J. )                    ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
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