Anantram Shahaji Shinde and Others v. the State of Maharashtra and Another
Criminal Writ Petition – Amicable settlement of dispute between parties – Petition rendered infructuous – Proceedings before the Family Court also disposed of as withdrawn
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Criminal Writ Petition No. 250 of 2023; Anantram Shahaji Shinde and others v. The State of Maharashtra and another; decided 08 October 2025 by Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Smt. Vaishali Patil Jadhav, JJ. On the learned advocate for the petitioner submitting that the dispute between the parties stood amicably settled and the Family Court proceedings had been withdrawn, the Division Bench disposed of the criminal writ petition as infructuous. No statute or precedent was cited and no ruling on merits was made.
What did the court decide?
In view of the amicable settlement of the dispute between the parties, whereby the petition was rendered infructuous and the Family Court proceedings were withdrawn, the criminal writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. ¶13