1/2 7 WP.3522.2024.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3522 OF 2024 Abdul Shakur Shaikh .. Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents … Mr. Ashwet Bhoir i/by Mr. Shailesh Kharat, for the Petitioner. Mr. Tanveer Khan, APP, for the Respondent -State. ... CORAM: ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J. DATE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2026 P.C:- 1. By way of this Writ Petition, the Petitioner has assailed the order dated 09.02.2024 externing him from the areas/Commissionerates of Greater Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane for a period of one year and six months from the date of the order. The Petitioner has also challenged the order dated 22.04.2024 passed by the Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Division, inter alia, rejecting the Appeal filed by the Petitioner against the aforesaid order of externment. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that, since the period of externment has elapsed, the Writ Petition has now become Rushikesh RUSHIKESH VISHNU PATIL Digitally signed by RUSHIKESH VISHNU PATIL Date: 2026.09.19 11:56:18 +0530 2/2 7 WP.3522.2024.odt infructuous and may be disposed of accordingly. In the light of the aforesaid submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the Petitioner and noting the date of the order of externment, the Writ Petition being infructuous, is disposed of accordingly. (ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.) Rushikesh