Allahabad High Court
CHANDRA KUMAR @ RAJU SINGH AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF U.P THRU SECY. HOME DEPTT. LUCKNOW AND ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed/Partly Allowed on merits/Granted
- Bench
- PANKAJ BHATIA
Holding
The application under Section 482 CrPC is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (and a reference to Section 528) seeking relief. No petitioner appeared before the court to pursue the application. The learned Additional Government Advocate for the State was present. The High Court dismissed the application for want of prosecution, vacated any interim order that may have been in place, and ordered the record to be consigned and the order communicated to the trial court.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when an application under Section 482 CrPC is filed but the petitioner does not appear to prosecute it?
- Should any interim order previously granted in the proceedings be maintained in the absence of prosecution?
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- Criminal Procedure Code
- Section 482
- application dismissed
- interim order vacated
- lack of prosecution
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
LUCKNOW
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 4829 of 2013
Chandra Kumar @ Raju Singh And Ors.
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
The State Of U.P Thru Secy. Home Deptt.
Lucknow And Anr. .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Punit Kumar Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Govt. Advocate
Court No. - 14
HON'BLE SHREE PRAKASH SINGH, J.
1. Case called out.
2. None is present for the applicant(s) to press this application.
3. Learned A.G.A. for the State is present.
4. The application U/s 482CrPC/528 BNSS is dismissed for want of
prosecution.
5. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
6. Consign to record.
7. Office is directed to communicate this order to the learned trial Court
concerned forthwith.
(Shree Prakash Singh,J.)
September 1, 2025
MVS/-
Digitally signed by :-
MANOJ VIKRAM SINGH CHAUHAN
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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