Bombay High Court

ILLUSION CAFEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Decided: 31 July 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

Leave to withdraw the petition was granted, and the petition was disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

Illusion Cafe filed Writ Petition No. 467 of 2020 in the Bombay High Court challenging certain actions of the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner, through counsel, later sought unconditional leave to withdraw the petition. The Court examined whether a petitioner may be allowed to withdraw a writ petition at its discretion, subject to the Court's discretion. Relying on established principles that a petition can be withdrawn with the Court’s permission, the judges granted the leave sought. Consequently, the petition was disposed of as withdrawn.

Issues considered

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

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
criminal appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

                 DTG                                                            93-Wp-467-2020.doc



                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                            CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              WRIT PETITION NO. 467 OF 2020

                 Illusion Cafe                                                 … Petitioner
                               V/s.
                 The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                               … Respondents
                                         _______________________________________

                 Mr. Vinayak Pandit a/w Adv. Teena Kapoor i/b Mr. Ajinkya Udane for
                 Petitioner.

                 Mr. J.P. Yagnik, A.P.P. for Respondent-State.
                                   _______________________________________

                                                 CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                         KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                 DATE  : 31st July 2026

                 P.C. :

                 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                 2)                   Disposed off as withdrawn.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. )

            Digitally signed
            by
DNYANESHWAR DNYANESHWAR
TULSHIRAM   TULSHIRAM
GHUMNAR     GHUMNAR
            Date: 2026.08.06
            19:32:14 +0530




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