Rakhee Hemal Shah v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Writ Petition 6029 of 2025, Bombay High Court, Ashwin D. Bhobe, J., decided 23 March 2026; petitioner Rakhee Hemal Shah; respondents State of Maharashtra & Anr.; sought quashing under Article 226 Constitution of India r/w Section 482 CrPC of FIR No. 0435 of 2021 dated 19.06.2021 (Navghar Police Station; IPC Sections 420, 406, 506, 34), charge sheet/Final Report No. 61 of 2021, and RCC No. 6376 of 2025 (old RCC/1648/2022) before 2nd Jt. Civil Judge, Junior Division, Mira Bhayandar; prayer that proceedings absent specific role/material/evidence were abuse of process; DISMISSED FOR NON-PROSECUTION after non-appearance of petitioner and advocate on record Himanshu K Gupta on 10 March 2026 hearing; matter listed 'For Dismissal'; APP Sukanta Karmakar for State; no merits adjudicated; no cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition No. 6029 of 2025 was dismissed for non-prosecution, the Court acting on the recorded non-appearance of the Petitioner and her advocate on record when the matter was called out on 10 March 2026, the listing of the matter under the caption 'For Dismissal', and the learned APP's submission that the Petitioner apparently was not interested in pursuing the Petition. The substantive quashing prayers were not adjudicated on merits.