Bombay High Court

NOAMAN KHARODIAversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 17 June 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition was allowed to be withdrawn and was disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Noaman Kharodia, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. After the police filed a charge‑sheet, the petitioner contended that the petition had become infructuous and sought unconditional leave to withdraw it. The Court granted the petitioner's request for leave to withdraw and disposed of the petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original petition were considered. The order was pronounced by Justices A.S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata on 17 June 2026.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition becomes infructuous after the filing of a charge‑sheet and can be withdrawn unconditionally?

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
charge-sheet
criminal appellate jurisdiction
High Court

Judgment

DTG                                                          71-wp.283.2019.doc



                IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                      CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        WRIT PETITION NO. 283 OF 2019

Noaman Kharodia                                            … Petitioner
         V/s.
The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                            … Respondents
                    ______________________________________

Ms. Mayanka S.R. h/f Mr. Gaurav Bhawnani 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)              Learned counsel for Petitioner submitted that, as the police have

already filed charge-sheet, Petition has become infructuous and therefore

seeks leave to withdraw Petition unconditionally.

1.1)            Leave granted.

2)              Disposed off as withdrawn.




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




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