PRIYANK MAHESHBHAI PATELversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 27-WITHDRAWN @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK
Holding
The Court may grant permission to withdraw the application, and it did so, disposing the application as withdrawn.
Summary
The applicant, Priyank Maheshbhai Patel, filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking leave to appeal. He later approached the court requesting permission to withdraw that application so that he could pursue a criminal revision application instead. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted a request for such permission. The Court, after noting the request, granted the liberty to withdraw the pending application. It expressly clarified that it had not examined the merits of the underlying criminal matter. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn, allowing the applicant to file a revision. No substantive issues on the merits were addressed by the Court.
Issues considered
- Whether the Court may grant permission to withdraw a pending criminal miscellaneous application for leave to appeal.
Subjects
Judgment
R/CR.MA/19132/2026 ORDER DATED: 18/08/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL) NO. 19132
of 2026
In F/CRIMINAL APPEAL/34003/2026
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PRIYANK MAHESHBHAI PATEL
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
DR. HIREN S SOMAIYA(8031) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MS JYOTI BHATT ADDL. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent(s) No.
1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
Date : 18/08/2026
ORDER
Learned counsel for the applicant seeks permission to
withdraw the present application, with a view to enabling him
to take appropriate recourse available in law by ling a
Criminal Revision Application.
Permission, as sought for, is granted. The application
stands disposed of as withdrawn, with the aforesaid liberty.
It is clari ed that this Court has not entered into the
merits of the case.
(HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J)
SURESH SOLANKI
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SURESHKUMAR MOTIBHAI SOLANKI(HC00208), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 18/08/2026 18:06:52
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