Bombay High Court

MOHD. KAIF MOHD.RAFEEQ SHAIKH THR GUARDIAN RAFEEQ KAREEN SHAIKHversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Decided: 18 August 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

Leave to withdraw the writ petition was granted, and the petition was disposed of without a merits hearing.

Summary

The petitioner, Mohd. Kaif Mohd. Rafeeq Shaikh, filed Writ Petition No. 4130 of 2019 in the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. No counsel appeared for the petitioner, and a praecipe dated 17 August 2026 was filed seeking leave to withdraw the petition. The Court, after noting the absence of the petitioner’s representation, granted leave to withdraw. The petition was consequently disposed of as withdrawn, with the Court expressly stating that the matter was not heard on its merits. No substantive issues were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition pending before the High Court may be withdrawn by the petitioner upon obtaining the Court's leave?

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
writ petition
criminal appellate jurisdiction
high court

Judgment

WAKLE
MANOJ                 MANOJ                                                903-WP-4130-2019.DOC
JANARDHAN
Digitally signed by
WAKLE MANOJ
JANARDHAN                  IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Date: 2026.08.18
19:15:25 +0530                  CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                     WRIT PETITION NO.4130 OF 2019
                      Mohd. Kaif Mohd. Rafeeq Shaikh
                      Through its Guardian
                      Mohd. Rafeeq Kareen Shaikh                             …Petitioner
                            V/s.
                      The State of Maharashtra & Anr.                        …Respondents


                      None for the Petitioner.
                      Ms. A. A. Deshmukh, APP for the Respondent No.1-State.
                      PSI – Umesh Jadhav, D.N. Nagar Police Station, present.


                                                 CORAM: SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.
                                                 DATED : 18th AUGUST, 2026
                      P.C. :-

                      1.      None present for the Petitioner.

                      2.      Perused the praecipe dated 17th August, 2026. It seeks leave
                      to withdraw the aforesaid Petition.

                      3.      Leave to withdraw is granted.

                      4.      Petition stands disposed of as withdrawn.

                      5.      It is made clear that this Petition is not heard on merits.



                                                       (SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)




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