Ashwinikumar Sheshrao Patil v. the State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No.6394 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 15 April 2026 by Sarang V. Kotwal and Sandesh D. Patil, JJ. Petition disposed of as infructuous because the petitioner, Ashwinikumar Sheshrao Patil, had committed suicide over a month earlier, as stated by Respondent No.2's counsel and confirmed by A.P.P. Ms. Supriya Kak on the instructions of Mr. A.B. Patil, Police Sub-Inspector, Deccan Police Station, Pune City. Petitioner unrepresented; Respondent No.2 represented by Mr. Yash V. Saxena i/b Mr. Satyam H. Nimbalkar and Mr. Harshwardhan Pawar. No merits adjudicated; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
The Court recorded, on the statement of Respondent No.2's counsel confirmed by the learned A.P.P. (on the instructions of the Police Sub-Inspector present in Court), that the Petitioner has committed suicide about more than a month ago.