Bombay High Court
WASIM ABDUL GANI SHAIKHversusTHE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition was dismissed as there was no surviving cause of action following the petitioner’s release.
Summary
Wasim Abdul Gani Shaikh filed a criminal writ petition challenging a detention order dated 25‑10‑2024. The petition remained pending through 2025 with no representation for the petitioner. The Assistant Public Prosecutor informed the court that the period of detention had already expired and that the petitioner had been released on 25‑10‑2025, a fact supported by a release report marked ‘X’. The court found that, in view of the release, there was no longer any relief to be granted. Consequently, the court disposed of the petition as nothing survived.
Issues considered
- Whether the detention order dated 25‑10‑2024 remains operative after the petitioner’s release on 25‑10‑2025
Subjects
- detention order
- criminal writ petition
- release
- procedural disposal
- High Court
Judgment
Gokhale 1 of 1 902-wp-5026-25
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 5026 OF 2025
Wasim Abdul Gani Shaikh ..Petitioner
Versus
The Commissioner of Police, Mumbai & Ors. ..Respondents
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None for Petitioner.
Smt. M. H. Mhatre, APP for State/Respondent.
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CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL &
RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ.
DATE : 10 SEPTEMBER 2026
PC :
1. This petition is pending since 2025. The Petitioner has
challenged the Detention Order dated 25.10.2024. Nobody
appears for the Petitioner.
2. Learned APP states that the period of detention is
already over and nothing survives in this petition.
3. The Petitioner was released on 25.10.2025. A copy of the
report to that effect is taken on record and marked ‘X’ for
identification. Therefore, nothing survives in this petition.
4. The Petition is disposed of.
Digitally
signed by
VINOD
VINOD BHASKAR
BHASKAR GOKHALE
GOKHALE Date:
2026.09.11 (RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)
10:57:11
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