Pradeep Kumar Lalji v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Criminal Appeal against rejection of discharge application – charge framed against Appellant during pendency of appeal – copy of charge tendered by Respondent No.2 and taken on record – appeal held to have become infructuous
Case brief
What is this about?
Pradeep Kumar Lalji v. State of Maharashtra & Anr., CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1051 OF 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Shivkumar Dige, J., 25 April 2025. Appeal challenging rejection of discharge application dismissed and disposed of as infructuous after charge framed against the Appellant during pendency; charge copy taken on record; all pending applications disposed of. No appellant appearance; Poonam P. Bhosale, APP for State; Ankur Pahade, appointed advocate for Respondent No.2.
What did the court decide?
None. The appeal was dismissed and disposed of as infructuous because charge was framed against the Appellant during its pendency; all pending applications were disposed of. ¶¶23