Pravin Raju Pujari v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Criminal Writ Petition – maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Criminal Writ Petition No.4629 of 2024 (Pravin Raju Pujari v. The State of Maharashtra & Anr.), Coram A.S. Gadkari and Rajesh S. Patil, JJ., decided 12 June 2025. Keywords: maintainability of Article 226 writ petition against orders of courts of competent jurisdiction; Naresh Mirajkar v. State of Maharashtra AIR 1967 SC 1; A.R. Antulay v. R.S. Naik (1988) 2 SCC 602; Neeta Singh SLP(Cri.) 13578/2024 (15.10.2024); withdrawal of petition with liberty; discharge application before trial Court; committal Order dated 25.08.2022 in CC No. 4600944/PW/2021; proper forum for challenging committal order. Outcome: disposed as withdrawn with liberty; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed off as withdrawn; leave and liberty granted to the Petitioner to either file an Application for discharge before the trial Court or to challenge the committal Order dated 25th August, 2022 passed in CC No. 4600944/PW/2021, by adopting appropriate proceedings.