NCP leader and Maharashtra Public Works Department minister Chhagan Bhujbal today withdrew the defamation case he filed against his former mentor Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray. After withdrawing the case at the suburban Bandra metropolitan magistrate court, Bhujbal, along with Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray, left for Bal Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree'.