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Allahabad High Court

GAURAV SAXENA AND 3 OTHERSversusState of UP AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The application under Section 482 is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The applicants, Gaurav Saxena and three others, filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking relief against the State of U.P. No counsel appeared for either side on the date of hearing. Consequently, the Court dismissed the application for want of prosecution. The interim order that had been granted earlier was also discharged. No further arguments or evidence were presented. The matter was concluded without any substantive adjudication on the merits.

Issues considered

  • Whether an application under Section 482 of the CrPC can be entertained in the absence of any party appearing before the Court

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • Criminal Procedure Code
  • Section 482
  • Dismissal for want of prosecution
  • Interim order discharge
  • High Court

Judgment

                                                  HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                       APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 14336 of 2024

                                    Gaurav Saxena And 3 Others
                                                                                                 .....Applicant(s)
                                                                        Versus

                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                                    .....Opposite
                                                                                                          Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)               :     Arun Kumar Singh
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s)          :     G.A., Neeraj Kumar Pandey

                                    Court No. - 74
                                                         HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J.

                                    1. Case called out in revised list. No one has appeared to press this
                                    application.

                                    2. The application is, accordingly, dismissed for want of prosecution.

                                    3. Interim order, granted earlier, stands discharged.



                                                                                             (Deepak Verma,J.)
                                    May 12, 2026
                                    Meenu Singh




Digitally signed by :-
MEENU SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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