Bombay High Court
MANOJ SIDDHAPPAREDDY DAMODAR RAOversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed To be withdrawn
Holding
The Court granted leave to withdraw the petition and disposed of it as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioner, Manoj Siddhappareddy Damodar Rao, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief. After the Supreme Court decided the case of Sujal Vishwas Attavar v. State of Maharashtra (2026 SCC OnLine SC 798), the petitioner’s counsel requested permission to withdraw the petition. The Court considered whether leave to withdraw could be granted in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. No substantive merits of the petition were examined. The Court granted leave to withdraw and ordered the petition to be disposed of as withdrawn.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner may be granted leave to withdraw the writ petition after the Supreme Court’s decision in Sujal Vishwas Attavar v. State of Maharashtra.
Subjects
- withdrawal of petition
- writ petition
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Supreme Court precedent
Judgment
sns 15-wp-4246-2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.4246 OF 2026
Manoj Siddhappareddy Damodar Rao … Petitioner
V/s.
State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents
Mr. Jitendra B. Mishra a/w. Adv. Ashutosh Mishra for the Petitioner.
Smt. P. P. Shinde, APP for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 31st August, 2026
P.C.:-
1) In view of the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the
case of Sujal Vishwas Attavar vs. State of Maharashtra reported in 2026
SCC OnLine SC 798, learned Advocate for the Petitioner on instructions
seeks leave to withdraw Petition.
1.1) Leave granted.
2) Disposed off as withdrawn.
(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
Digitally
signed by
SUMEDH
SUMEDH
NAMDEO
NAMDEO
SONAWANE
SONAWANE Date:
1/1
2026.09.02
09:14:51
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