Santosh Sitaram Bhople and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Application No. 1070 of 2022, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 15 July 2025 by Ravindra V. Ghuge and Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ. Petitioners Santosh Sitaram Bhople & Ors. (through Manish V. Khadakbab and Shirish D. Palange) versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. (through J. P. Yagnik, Addl. P.P.). Petition disposed of as infructuous upon withdrawal sought after the Petitioner's acquittal dated 1 July 2025 in Regular Criminal Case No. 154 of 2022. Withdrawal; infructuous petition; acquittal; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief adjudicated; the Petition was disposed of as infructuous following the Petitioner's stated desire to withdraw it after his acquittal in Regular Criminal Case No. 154 of 2022. ¶16