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Allahabad High Court

SHER KHANversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The application is dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

The applicant, Sher Khan, filed an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking relief. During the hearing, the applicant's counsel, Ram Kumar Dubey, indicated that the applicant no longer wished to pursue the matter, stating that the application had become infructuous. The counsel requested that the application be dismissed for lack of prosecution. The Court, after noting the withdrawal, dismissed the application as not pressed. No merits of the application were considered, and the matter was closed.

Issues considered

  • Whether the application under Section 482 CrPC should be entertained when the applicant has withdrawn it.

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • Criminal Procedure
  • Section 482
  • Application dismissed
  • Withdrawal of application
  • High Court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                     APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 47827 of 2023

                                    Sher Khan
                                                                                               .....Applicant(s)
                                                                     Versus

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

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)      : Ram Kumar Dubey, Vishnu Kumar
                                                                    Prasad
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

                                    Court No. - 80
                                                      HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J.

                                    1. Learned Counsel for the applicant Mr. Ram Kumar Dubey submits that
                                    he does not want to press this application on merit as the same has
                                    become infructuous and prays that the application may kindly be
                                    dismissed as not pressed.

                                    2. Accordingly, the application is dismissed as not pressed.



                                                                                        (Chawan Prakash,J.)
                                    March 19, 2026
                                    Vijay




Digitally signed by :-
VIJAY KUMAR SAHU
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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