Bombay High Court
VILAS SHAMRAO GOYAR (U.T. 442)versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The petition was disposed of as there was no longer any cause of action to maintain it.
Summary
Vilas Shamrao Goyar filed Criminal Writ Petition No. 274 of 2022 against the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner was subsequently released on bail and, through his appointed counsel, expressed a desire to withdraw the petition. The respondent's counsel indicated that the trial was ongoing and had been fixed for the evidence stage. The Court held that, given the bail and the pending trial, the petition no longer had any surviving cause of action and therefore dismissed it. The Court also ordered payment of Rs. 3,000 as fees to the petitioner's appointed counsel.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal writ petition remains maintainable after the petitioner has been released on bail
- Whether the petition should be dismissed when the trial is pending and the petitioner seeks to withdraw
Subjects
- bail
- criminal writ petition
- withdrawal of petition
- trial pending
- disposal of petition
- legal costs
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:43486-DB
1 916 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 274 OF 2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
916 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 274 OF 2022
VILAS SHAMRAO GOYAR (U.T. 442)
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
...
Adv. R. P. Patwardhan (appointed), Advocate for the Petitioner
Adv. S. J. Salgare, APP for Respondents-State
...
CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, JJ.
DATED : 22/09/2026
Per Court:
. The learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions,
submits that the petitioner is released on bail and therefore does
not want to continue with this petition at this juncture.
2. Even otherwise, the learned APP submitted that the trial is
going on and it is fixed for evidence.
3. In view of the same, nothing survives in this petition and the
same is disposed of.
4. The fees of the learned counsel for the petitioner appointed
is quantified at Rs. 3000/-, and it be paid to him expeditiously.
( VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J. ) ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )
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