904-WP-3431-2024.doc Rohit Ghuge IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3431 OF 2024 Harsha Paresh Bhuta ...Petitioner Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. ...Respondents _________________________________________________________________ Mr. Prashant Gawali a/w Mr. Gaurav Devdhekar i/b Ms. Shreya Mathane, for Petitioner. Mr. Tanveer Khan, learned APP for Respondent No. 1-State. None for Respondent No.2. _________________________________________________________________ CORAM : ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J. DATE : 18th SEPTEMBER, 2026. P.C. : 1. Heard learned counsel for Petitioner. Today, he has tendered in Court an Order dated 11th September 2026, passed in Criminal Appeal No. 684 of 2023 by the Sessions Court, Mumbai at Mazgaon. The copy of the Order is taken on record. 2. Perusal of the Order indicates that Criminal Appeal No. 684 of 2023 is allowed and the Judgment and Order in CC No. 2470/SS/2017 dated 14th September 2023 is quashed and set aside and the accused is acquitted of the offence under Section 138 read with 141 of NI Act. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner submits that, since 904-WP-3431-2024.doc Rohit Ghuge the Petitioner, who was accused in the aforesaid proceedings had been acquitted and the Criminal Appeal filed by him has been allowed, the Petition is rendered infructuous and can be disposed of. 4. In the light of the submissions made by the counsel for the Petitioner and in the backdrop of the Order dated 11th September, 2026 passed by the Sessions Court, the Petition, being infructuous, does not survive and is disposed of accordingly. ( ASHISH S. CHAVAN, J.)