Bombay High Court

VASANT RAJARAM PATANKAR AND ANR.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

Disposal: Allowed
Bench: SANDESH D PATIL

Holding

The Court allowed the petitioners to withdraw the writ petition and disposed of it as withdrawn without addressing the merits.

Summary

Petitioners filed Criminal Writ Petition No. 477 of 2026 in the Bombay High Court, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners requested permission to withdraw the petition. The Court granted the leave to withdraw and disposed of the petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were examined or expressed by the Court. The order emphasizes that the withdrawal was procedural and the Court did not pass any judgment on the underlying criminal allegations.

Issues considered

What procedural requirements must be satisfied for a party to withdraw a criminal writ petition before a decision on merits is rendered?

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
procedural law
criminal appellate jurisdiction
high court practice

Judgment

                                                              34-WP-477-2026 (CR).doc




            IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                     CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                   CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 477 OF 2026

Vasant Rajaram Patankar & Anr..                   .....Petitioners
     Vs.
The State of Maharashtra & Anr.                   .....Respondents

                                  .....
Mr. Kuldeep U Nikam, for the Petitioners.

Mr. Shriram Chaudhari, A.P.P., for the Respondent-State.

Mr. Akshay Subhash Jagtap, for the Respondent No.2.
                                 .....

                                         CORAM: SANDESH D. PATIL, J.
                                         DATED: 2nd JULY 2026.
P. C. :

1.        After arguing for some time, learned Counsel for the Petitioners

sought leave to withdraw the Writ Petition. Permission granted.

Accordingly, Writ Petition No.477 of 2026 is disposed of as withdrawn.



2.        It is made clear that, this Court has not expressed any opinion on

the merits of the matter.




                                                   (SANDESH D. PATIL, J.)


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