P.S.P.SO.Kondhali vs Sanjay Vithal Chavan — 692/2023

The court discharged the accused in a liquor prohibition case under Section 65-e of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949, after the nearly 2.5-year-old matter remained pending due to the prosecution's repeated failure to secure the accused's presence despite multiple summons. The court invoked Section 258 CrPC to stop proceedings, finding no purpose in continuing the case, and ordered the seized 11 bottles of liquor to be disposed of by the Excise Department. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.