Kirtikumar G Shah v. State Of Maharashtra

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3700 OF 2025 Narendra C. Rathod .. Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra, Through Economic Offences Wing .. Respondent ALONG WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.3906 OF 2025 Kirtikumar G. Shah .. Petitioner Vs.

State of Maharashtra, Through Economic Offences Wing .. Respondent Mr. Aabad Ponda, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Sunny Punamiya and Mr. Shaumil Deb, i/by Mr. Dilip Shukla, Advocates for the Petitioner in both the Writ Petitions.

Mrs. M.M. Deshmukh, I/c. Public Prosecutor with Ms. Mahalaxmi G., Additional Public Prosecutor for the Respondent-State of Maharashtra.

Mr. Sarang Chavhan, I.O., EOW, Mumbai is present in Court in WP/3700/2025.

API Chetan Pacherwal, Unit-6, EOW, Mumbai is present in Court in WP/3906/2025.

CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ. & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 14TH OCTOBER 2025.

P.C. :

Faced with the opposition from Ms. Mahalaxmi G., the learned Additional Public Prosecutor that there is an efficacious alternate remedy available to both the petitioners, on instructions from the learned assisting counsel, Mr. Aabad Ponda, the learned senior counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw both the criminal writ petitions.

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However, we may indicate that this order of withdrawal of the writ petitions shall not be inferred as if this Court has expressed any opinion on the merits of the matters.

3. Criminal Writ Petition Nos.3700 of 2025 and 3906 of 2025 are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to avail of alternate remedy as available to them in law. [ GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. ] [ CHIEF JUSTICE ] SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT by SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT Date: 2025.10.21 19:49:08 +0530 2/2 908-WP-3700-2025 & WP-3906-2025.doc Dixit