Bombay High Court

ASHOK YASHWANT JAGTAPversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The petition is infructuous and is therefore disposed of.

Summary

The petitioner, Ashok Yashwant Jagtap, filed a writ petition challenging a matter after having served his sentence and being released on 1 October 2024. The respondent State of Maharashtra, through its appointed counsel, submitted a report from the Superintendent of Open District Prison confirming the petitioner’s release. The court took the report on record and marked it for identification. Relying on this verification, the court held that the petition no longer had any operative purpose. Consequently, the petition was declared infructuous and disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition is maintainable after the petitioner has completed his sentence and been released?

Subjects

sentence completion
release
writ petition
infructuous
criminal appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

37-WP-3232-2023 (CR).doc

IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 3232 OF 2023

Ashok Yashwant Jagtap ..… Petitioner
VERSUS
State of Maharashtra ..… Respondent
...
None for the Petitioner.
Mrs. Priyanka S. Rane, APP for Respondent-State.
Mr. Shridhar H. Kumbhar, Liaison Officer Prison.
...
CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL AND
ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
DATE : 29 AUGUST 2026.
P. C. :

1. Learned APP submits that the Petitioner has already undergone

the sentence and was released on 1 st October, 2024. He has placed on

record the report of the Superintendent, Open District Prison, Kalamba,

Kolhapur. The said report is taken on record and marked “X” for

identification. In view of the same, the present Petition, filed by the

Petitioner-Accused through the Jail, has become infructuous.

2. In view of the above, the Petition stands disposed of as

infructuous.

Digitally
signed by
TALLE
TALLE SHUBHAM
SHUBHAM ASHOKRAO
ASHOKRAO Date:
2026.08.31
11:36:47
+0530
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (RAJESH S. PATIL, J.)

Shubham 1

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