Bombay High Court
SRINIVAS AMAR MORE AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition stands disposed of as infructuous.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court, but no representative appeared before the court. The respondent's counsel informed the court that the petitioners had been acquitted in Criminal Case No. 1606 of 2022, and submitted the judgment as evidence. Upon reviewing the acquittal order dated 24 July 2024, the court found that the petition no longer had any operative relief to grant. Consequently, the court held the petition to be infructuous. The petition was therefore disposed of without further hearing.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition when the petitioner has been acquitted in the underlying criminal case?
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- infructuous petition
- acquittal
- disposal
Judgment
25-WP-5475-2021 (CR).odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 5475 OF 2021
Srinivas Amar More & Anr ..… Petitioners
VERSUS
State of Maharashtra & Anr ..… Respondents
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None for Petitioners.
Mr. Pankaj P. Deokar, APP for Respondent-State.
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CORAM : ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.
DATE : SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
PER COURT :
1. No one appears for the Petitioner, either in the Court Hall or
through Video Conferencing mode, when the matter is called out.
2. Learned APP, on instructions, submitted that during the
pendency of this Petition, the Petitioners have been acquitted in Regular
Criminal Case No. 1606 of 2022 and, therefore, this Petition has become
infructuous. He tendered a copy of the Judgment passed in Regular Criminal
Case No. 1606 of 2022 across the bar. The same is taken on record.
3. In view of the statement and upon perusal of the Judgment, it
seems that the Petitioners have been acquitted by the Judgment and Order
Digitally
signed by
TALLE
SHUBHAM
TALLE
SHUBHAM ASHOKRAO
ASHOKRAO Date:
dated 24th July 2024 passed by the learned JMFC, Solapur. Thus, the Petition
2026.09.28
10:43:23
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has become infructuous.
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25-WP-5475-2021 (CR).odt
4. Accordingly, the Petition stands disposed of as infructuous.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.)
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