Bombay High Court

AMOL MORESHWAR ACHREKARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Decided: 8 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI SHYAM C CHANDAK

Holding

The petition was dismissed as infructuous because the petitioner had already been released after completing his sentence.

Summary

Amol Moreshwar Achrekar filed Criminal Writ Petition No.74 of 2025 in the Bombay High Court seeking relief against his detention. The State of Maharashtra, through its Assistant Public Prosecutor, submitted that the petitioner had been released from Yerwada Central Jail on 18 January 2025 after completing the entire term of his sentence. The Court examined the submission and noted that the petitioner was no longer in custody. Consequently, the Court held that the petition had become infructuous. The petition was therefore disposed of without further hearing.

Subjects

criminal writ petition
infructuous petition
release from custody
detention

Judgment

HEMANT
CHANDERSEN
SHIV
                           H.C. SHIV                                                    22.w74.25.doc
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HEMANT
CHANDERSEN SHIV                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
Date: 2026.01.17                             CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
10:31:33 +0300


                                          CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.74 OF 2025

                      Amol Moreshwar Achrekar                         …..Petitioner
                            Vs.
                      State of Maharashtra                            …..Respondent

                                        __________________________________________

                      Mr. Ajit M. Savagave, Advocate for the Petitioner.
                      Mr. Amit A. Palkar, APP for the Respondent-State.
                      Mr. Hemant G. Ingole, Jailor, Yerwada Central Jail, Pune present.
                                    __________________________________________

                                                        CORAM :       A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                      SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.
                                                             DATE :   8th JANUARY, 2026.


                      P.C.:-

                      1)               Learned   APP,   on     instructions    from    the   Additional

                      Superintendent, Yerwada Central Jail, Pune submitted that, the Petitioner

                      has been released from jail on 18 th January 2025 after completing entire

                      sentence.

                      1.1)             In view of the above, Petition has become infructuous and is

                      accordingly disposed of.



                               (SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)                         (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




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