Bombay High Court
JAYWANT LAXMAN RAKSHEversusSR. POLICE INSPECTOR OF POLICE ATTACHED TO HINJEWADI POLICE STATION PUNE AND ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner, Jaywant Laxman Rakshe, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court. He failed to appear for the hearing and, after August 13, 2021, neither he nor his counsel took any steps to advance the petition. The court observed that the petitioner appeared uninterested in pursuing the relief. Consequently, the judges dismissed the petition on the ground of non‑prosecution. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition can be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear and take steps to pursue the case
Subjects
- writ petition
- non‑prosecution
- dismissal
- criminal appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
ssm 53-wp857.2021.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 857 OF 2021
Jaywant Laxman Rakshe …..Petitioner
Vs.
Sr. Police Inspector Of Police & Ors. …..Respondents
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None for the Petitioner.
Smt. P.P. Shinde APP, for the Respondent-State.
____________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 29th AUGUST, 2026.
P.C.:-
1) None for the Petitioner when called out for hearing.
2) Record indicates that, after 13th August, 2021, neither the
Petitioner nor his Advocate has taken any steps to circulate the Petition,
even once.
2.1) It appears that, the Petitioner is not interested in pursuing the
Petition.
3) Dismissed for non-prosecution.
(KAMAL KHATA, J.) (A.S. GADKARI, J.)
Digitally signed
by SANJIV
SANJIV SHARNAPPA
SHARNAPPA MASHALKAR 1/1
MASHALKAR Date:
2026.09.07
17:01:05 +0530
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