Bombay High Court

KALYAN BANSIDHARRAO RENGEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Decided: 17 February 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI SHYAM C CHANDAK

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the petitioner has already been released after serving the full term of imprisonment.

Summary

The petitioner, Kalyan Bansidharrao Renge, filed a criminal writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking relief while in custody. The Respondent State, through its APP, informed the Court that the petitioner had been released on 13 February 2026 after completing his entire sentence. The Court observed that, in view of the petitioner's release, the petition had become moot. Consequently, the Court held that no further relief could be granted. The petition was therefore disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition remains maintainable when the petitioner has already been released after serving the entire sentence

Subjects

criminal procedure
writ petition
mootness
release after sentence
high court

Judgment

HEMANT
CHANDERSEN
SHIV
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HEMANT
CHANDERSEN SHIV                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Date: 2026.02.23
11:19:33 +0300                               CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                         CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3083 OF 2025

                      Kalyan Bansidharrao Renge               …..Petitioner
                            Vs.
                      The State of Maharashtra & Anr.         …..Respondents
                                    __________________________________________

                      Mr. P. B. Gujar, Advocate with Paras Pawar for the Petitioner.
                      Smt. P. P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State.
                                     __________________________________________

                                                        CORAM :     A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                    SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.
                                                          DATE :    17th FEBRUARY, 2026.


                      P.C.:-

                      1)               Learned   APP   Smt.   Shinde,   on     instructions   from   the

                      Superintendent, Nashik Road Central Prison submitted that, the Petitioner

                      has been released from jail on 13 th February, 2026 after undergoing the

                      entire sentence.

                      2)               In view thereof, the Petition has become infructuous and is

                      accordingly disposed off.



                                (SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)                       (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




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