Radha Venkatesh Shetty v. The State Of Maharashtra And ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2668 OF 2021 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2745 OF 2019 with INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2669 OF 2021 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 2745 OF 2019 with WRIT PETITION NO. 2745 OF 2019 Radha Venkatesh Shetty.

...Applicant/Petitioner.

Versus

The State of Maharashtra & Another.

..Respondents.

Mr. Somay Pawar i/b Sunil S. Kamble for the Applicant/Petitioner. Mr. K. V. Saste, APP for the Respondent-State. CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE & ANIL S. KILOR, JJ.

Date : January 7, 2022.

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1.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant/ Petitioner submitted that due to certain bonafide reasons, he was unable to remove ofÏce objections within the stipulated period and as the ofÏce objections were not removed, the petition stood dismissed. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant submitted that he is desirous of removing all ofÏce objections during the course of day. He further submitted that as such the delay occurred in preferring the application for restoration is also for bonafide reasons and the same was patilsr 1 / 2 by SACHIN RAMCHANDRA PATIL Date:

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not intentional. In view of the submissions of learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Applicant, both the applications are allowed. Delay is condoned. Writ petition is restored to the file. 2.

Petition is taken up for hearing. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner has approached this Court seeking quashment of subject FIR; the petition is filed on 20th May 2019 and post filing of petition, the matter proceeded further in the trial Court; and in the ultimate decision of trial Court by the judgment and order, the Petitioner has been acquitted. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner submitted that as such the grievance of Petitioner, as raised in the present writ petition, no more survives.

3.

In view of the above fact-situation, petition is disposed of. [Anil S. Kilor, J.] [Prasanna B. Varale, J.] patilsr 2 / 2