Bombay High Court
SHEETAL SHRIKANT SHAHversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed off as Withdrawn
Holding
The petition is disposed of as withdrawn upon the petitioner’s request.
Summary
Sheetal Shrikant Shah filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an action of the State of Maharashtra. While the petition was pending, the Police Inspector of Malabar Hill Police Station closed the preliminary inquiry related to the matter. The petitioner’s counsel then applied for permission to withdraw the writ petition in view of the police’s decision. The Court examined whether a petitioner may withdraw a writ petition after the closure of a preliminary inquiry and found no legal impediment. Accordingly, the Court allowed the withdrawal and disposed of the petition as withdrawn.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner may withdraw the writ petition after the police has closed the preliminary inquiry
Subjects
- withdrawal of writ petition
- preliminary inquiry
- Bombay High Court
- civil procedure
Judgment
Digitally
signed by
RUSHIKESH
RUSHIKESH VISHNU
VISHNU PATIL
PATIL Date:
2026.10.05
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 4489 OF 2026
Sheetal Shrikant Shah .. Petitioner
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents
…
Ms. Sanskruti Harode i/by Parinam Law Associates, for the
Petitioner.
Ms Sangeeta Shinde, APP, for the Respondent-State.
Mr. Vikram Sutaria a/w Keral Mehta a/w Leepira Rasiwasia
and Rishabh D. Singh, for Respondent No. 2.
Mr. Rishikesh Kalwagh, Malabar Hill Police Station, is present.
...
CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE &
ASHISH S. CHAVAN, JJ.
DATE : 01st OCTOBER, 2026
P.C:-
1. The learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner seeks
permission to withdraw the present Writ Petition in the wake
of the decision taken by the Police Inspector, Malabar Hill
Police Station, Mumbai, closing the preliminary inquiry.
In the wake of the aforesaid, the Writ Petition stands
disposed of as withdrawn.
(ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.) (BHARATI DANGRE, J.)
Rushikesh
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