High Court of Gujarat

SANAT PRATAPRAY MEHTAversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
Bench: P M RAVAL

Holding

The application abated and was disposed of because the sole applicant had died.

Summary

Sanat Pratapray Mehta filed a criminal miscellaneous application seeking quashment of an FIR and set‑aside of an order. During the hearing, his counsel produced a true copy of his death certificate, which showed that the applicant had died on 01‑01‑2026. The court examined the death certificate and concluded that the death of the sole applicant extinguished the right to continue the proceedings. Consequently, the application was held to have abated. The court ordered the application to be disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal miscellaneous application for quashing an FIR can continue after the death of the sole applicant

Subjects

Criminal Procedure CodeQuashment of FIRAbatementDeath of applicantHigh Court of Gujarat

Judgment

   R/CR.MA/22633/2015                            ORDER DATED: 03/08/2026




   IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD


R/CRIMINAL MISC.APPLICATION (FOR QUASHING & SET
        ASIDE FIR/ORDER) NO. 22633 of 2015

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              SANAT PRATAPRAY MEHTA
                          Versus
              STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR DIPAN DESAI(2481) for the Applicant(s) No. 1
MR YUVRAJ BRAHMBHATT, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1
RULE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 2
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL

                         Date : 03/08/2026

                             ORAL ORDER


      Learned advocate Mr. Dipan Desai for the applicant, by
tendering a true copy of the Death Certificate, which is taken on
record, would submit that Sanatbhai Pratapray Mehta, the sole
applicant herein, expired.


      A perusal of the said Death Certificate reveals that the
applicant expired on 01.01.2026.


      In aforesaid view of the matter, the application and the
proceedings qua the present applicant, abated.


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          R/CR.MA/22633/2015                                                             ORDER DATED: 03/08/2026




               The application stands disposed of.


                                                                                              [ P. M. Raval, J. ]
   hiren/6tss3826




Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: HIREN VIRENDRABHAI MER(HC00351), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 03/08/2026 14:54:21




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