Bombay High Court
AMIT DHANAJI MEPANIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner Amit Dhanaji Mepani filed a writ petition in 2024 challenging an order dated 08.01.2019 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai. The petition sought relief against that order but, after filing, neither the petitioner nor his counsel took any steps to advance the case. The court observed that there was no effort to circulate the matter or to seek the reliefs prayed for. It inferred that the petitioner was not desirous of seriously prosecuting the writ petition. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the writ petition for non‑prosecution.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to take steps to advance the matter.
Subjects
- writ petition
- non-prosecution
- dismissal
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- high court
Judgment
Digitally
signed by
RUSHIKESH
RUSHIKESH VISHNU
VISHNU PATIL
PATIL Date:
2026.09.19
11:56:18
1/1 15 WP.4048.2024.odt
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 4048 OF 2024
Amit Dhanaji Mepani .. Petitioner
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents
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None for the Petitioner.
Mr. Tanveer Khan, APP, for the Respondent-State.
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CORAM: ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.
DATE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2026
P.C:-
1. Although the Writ Petition which was filed in the year
2024 seeks to assail the order dated 08.01.2019 passed by the
Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai, since the institution of the
Writ Petition, no efforts seems to have been made by either the
counsel for the Petitioner or the Petitioner to circulate the
matter or to seek any reliefs prayed for therein. It is evident
from the conduct of the Petitioner that he is not desirous of
seriously prosecuting the Writ Petition.
Consequently, the Writ Petition stands dismissed for non-
prosecution.
(ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.)
Rushikesh
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