Bombay High Court

DEVENDRA BHAGWANJI SHAHversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 19 August 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn

Holding

Leave to withdraw the petition was granted and the petition was disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

Petitioner Devendra Bhagwanji Shah filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief. During the proceedings, the petitioner, through counsel Shailesh Pal (by Ashwin Tripathi), applied for unconditional leave to withdraw the petition. The Court considered the application and granted leave to withdraw. Consequently, the petition was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to unconditional leave to withdraw the writ petition.

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
writ petition
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

                            pmk                                                 13-WP-4072-2026.doc




                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                             CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              WRIT PETITION NO.4072 OF 2026

                       Devendra Bhagwanji Shah                                   … Petitioner

                                V/s.

                       State Of Maharashtra & Ors.                               … Respondents



                       Mr. Shailesh Pal i/by Mr. Ashwin Tripathi for the Petitioner.
                       Ms. Madhavi H. Mhatre, APP for the Respondent-State.


                                                         CORAM :  A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                  KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                           DATE : 19th August, 2026
          Digitally
          signed by

PRIYANKA
          PRIYANKA
          MADHAVRAO
                       P.C.:-
MADHAVRAO KALE
KALE      Date:
          2026.08.21
          11:43:51
          +0530        1)              Learned counsel for Petitioner on instructions, 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                       2)              Disposed off as withdrawn.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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