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Allahabad High Court

SMT SONIKA SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh petition.

Summary

Petitioner Smt Sonika Singh filed a petition under Article 227 before the Allahabad High Court against the State of Uttar Pradesh and another respondent. The petitioner, through counsel Ajay Kumar Chaurasia, sought to have the petition dismissed as withdrawn, requesting liberty to file a fresh petition later. The court considered the petitioner's request and, finding no objection, ordered the dismissal of the petition as withdrawn with liberty to refile. The court also directed that any trial court documents be returned to the petitioner’s counsel after retaining photocopies for the record. No substantive merits of the case were examined as the petition was withdrawn.

Subjects

  • withdrawn petition
  • Article 227
  • High Court
  • procedural dismissal

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 15277 of 2025

                                    Smt Sonika Singh
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                              .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                  :   Ajay Kumar Chaurasia
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                  :   G.A., Gaurav Srivastav

                                    Court No. - 89
                                                        HON'BLE ANIL KUMAR-X, J.

                                    1. Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Chaurasia, learned counsel for the petitioner,
                                    Sri Gaurav Srivastav, learned counsel for private respondent and Sri
                                    Amrit Raj Chaurasiya, learned AGA for State - respondent.

                                    2. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays that the present petition be
                                    dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file fresh petition before the
                                    appropriate Court.

                                    3. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as withdrawn with
                                    liberty, as prayed.

                                    4. Relevant documents of the trial court, if any, shall be returned to the
                                    learned counsel for the petitioner after retaining photocopies of the same
                                    to be kept on record.



                                                                                             (Anil Kumar-X,J.)
                                    May 15, 2026
                                    KJ




Digitally signed by :-
KAMARJAHAN ANSARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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