Bombay High Court
NEHRU SINGH TANA SINGH NANGLOTH AND ANRversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Dissmiss For Default/Non-Prosecution
Holding
The petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution due to the petitioners' failure to appear.
Summary
The criminal writ petition filed in 2012 remained pending for several years. On 22 June 2026, no counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioners, and the matter was scheduled for dismissal. On the scheduled date of 18 August 2026, the petitioners again failed to appear. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition for non‑prosecution and also disposed of the connected criminal application. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal writ petition may be dismissed for non‑prosecution when the petitioners fail to appear before the Court.
Subjects
- criminal procedure
- writ petition
- non‑prosecution
- failure to appear
- dismissal
Judgment
Gokhale 1 of 1 1-wp-886-12
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 886 OF 2012
Nehru Singh Tana Singh Nangloth & Anr. ..Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents
WITH
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 83 OF 2013
IN
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 886 OF 2012
__________
None for Petitioner.
Smt. M. M. Deshmukh, APP for State/Respondent.
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CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL &
RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ.
DATE : 18 AUGUST 2026
PC :
1. This petition is pending since 2012. On 22.06.2026
nobody had appeared for the Petitioners. Therefore, the matter
was directed to be listed on today’s board under the caption ‘for
dismissal’. Even today nobody appears for the Petitioners.
2. Therefore, the Petition is dismissed for non prosecution.
The connected Criminal Application is also disposed of.
(RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)
Digitally
signed by
VINOD
VINOD BHASKAR
BHASKAR GOKHALE
GOKHALE Date:
2026.08.19
11:01:28
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