Bombay High Court
SUNITI CHETAN PATILversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition stands disposed of as infructuous because the petitioner has been released on bail.
Summary
The petitioner, Suniti Chetan Patil, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief. The respondent State, through its learned Additional Public Prosecutor, informed the Court that the petitioner had already been released on bail. On the basis of this information, the Court held that the petition had become infructuous. Consequently, the Court disposed of the petition as infructuous without further hearing. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition when the petitioner has already been released on bail?
Subjects
- bail
- writ petition
- infructuous
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- High Court
Judgment
40-WP-565-2026 (CR).doc
IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 565 OF 2026
Suniti Chetan Patil ..… Petitioner
VERSUS
State of Maharashtra ..… Respondent
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None for Petitioner.
Mr. Pankaj P. Deokar, APP for Respondent No. 1-State.
S. S. Khade, PSI, Malvan Police Station present.
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CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL AND
ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
DATE : 29 AUGUST 2026.
P. C. :
1. Learned APP submits that the present Petition has become
infructuous, as the Petitioner has already been released on bail.
2. In view of the statement made by the learned APP, the Petition
stands disposed of as infructuous.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (RAJESH S. PATIL, J.)
Digitally
signed by
TALLE
TALLE SHUBHAM
SHUBHAM ASHOKRAO
ASHOKRAO Date:
2026.08.31
11:36:47
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