Bombay High Court

RAJENDRA @ RAJU JIVANLAL BAMBversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because no investigation remains pending on the FIRs in question.

Summary

The petitioner, Rajendra Jivanlal Bamb, filed a criminal writ petition seeking a direction that the State of Maharashtra order the clubbing of all FIRs of similar nature registered against him in Dhule district and conduct a common investigation by a single police agency. The Court noted that three FIRs (Nos. 124/2022, 125/2022, 312/2022) had already proceeded to trial, resulting in the petitioner's acquittal, and a special case (No. 117/2025) was already clubbed with another case (No. 141/2022). Since no investigation is pending on any of the FIRs, the relief sought became moot. The Court therefore held that there is nothing left to adjudicate and disposed of the petition. The petition was dismissed as infructuous.

Issues considered

What relief can be granted when the petitioner seeks clubbing of multiple FIRs for a common investigation, but all investigations have already concluded or been disposed of?

Subjects

Criminal Procedure Code
FIR
Clubbing of cases
Investigation
Petition dismissed

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:42331-DB

                                                                          899.22WP

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                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                        919 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 899 OF 2022

                             RAJENDRA @ RAJU JIVANLAL BAMB
                                         VERSUS
                           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & OTHERS

                                                 ...
                        Advocate for the Petitioner : Adv.Netra M.Bhise h/f.
                                        Mr.N.L.Choudhari
                           APP for Respondent-State: Mrs.U.S.Bhosle
                                                 …

                                       CORAM :       SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE &
                                                     VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,JJ.

                                       DATE      :   10.09.2026


                 P.C. :


                 1]          Though Advocate Netra M. Bhise holding for

                 Mr.N.L.Choudhari, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks

                 time as Advocate Mr. N.L.Choudhari, is not available today,

                 but on going through the petition, it appears that the

                 petitioner is seeking direction to respondent no.2 to club all

                 the similar nature of FIRs registered against him in Dhule

                 District and to make common investigation through one

                 police agency. However, the report of Resource Personnel of

                 this Court clearly indicates that there were three First

                 Information Report Nos.124/2022, 125/2022 and 312/2022
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which culminated into RCC Nos.678/2022, 695/2022 and

614/2022 respectively and the trial of these Criminal Cases

were also conducted and the petitioner was acquitted.

Further it appears that one Special Case No.117/2025

relating to FIR No.117/2022 of Azad Nagar Police Station,

Dhule is now clubbed with Special Case No.141/2022.



2]         Thus, it appears that the direction, which is

sought by the petitioner, has now become infructuous since

no investigation of any of the First Information Reports is

going on at present. Accordingly, nothing survives in this

petition and the same stands disposed of.




[VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]          [SANDIPKUMAR C.MORE]
        JUDGE                         JUDGE

DDC

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