Bombay High Court

MANISH KISAN MAZGAONKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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

Manish Kisan Mazgaonkar filed a writ petition on 17 January 2019 in the Bombay High Court. The petitioner failed to appear for the hearing and neither he nor his counsel took any steps to circulate the petition since its filing. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the matter. On this basis, the court considered whether the petition could continue. It held that the lack of prosecution warranted dismissal. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for non‑prosecution.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner shows no interest in pursuing the case

Subjects

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

Judgment

DTG                                                            70-wp279.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                       CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                         WRIT PETITION NO. 279 OF 2019

Manish Kisan Mazgaonkar                                      … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra                                     … Respondent
                    _______________________________________

None for Petitioner.

Mr. Vinod Chate, 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.

17th January 2019, 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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