Allahabad High Court
RAMANUJ MAURYAversusSTATE OF U.P. and ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed/Partly Allowed on merits/Granted
- Bench
- BRIJ RAJ SINGH
Holding
The application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The applicant, Ramanuj Maurya, filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking relief. The matter was listed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, but no counsel appeared on behalf of the applicant while the State’s counsel was present. The court observed that the application was filed in 2016 and had remained pending for an extended period without any prosecution. Consequently, the court dismissed the application for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that may have been in force. The order directing the trial court to be informed of the dismissal was also issued.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when an application under Section 482 of the CrPC remains unprosecuted for a prolonged period?
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- Criminal Procedure Code
- Section 482
- quashment of proceedings
- want of prosecution
- High Court order
- application dismissal
Judgment
Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC-LKO:83113
Court No. - 30
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 6898 of 2016
Applicant :- Ramanuj Maurya
Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Anr.
Counsel for Applicant :- Ajai Kumar Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party :- Govt. Advocate,Manish
Bajpai,Pawan Kumar Mishra
Hon'ble Om Prakash Shukla,J.
1. Case called out in the revised list.
2. None appears on behalf of the applicant.
3. Learned A.G.A. for State-respondents is present.
4. Since this application is quite old and pertains to the year
2016, it is accordingly, dismissed for want of prosecution.
5. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
6. Office is directed to send a copy of this order to the trial court
concerned forthwith.
(Om Prakash Shukla,J.)
Order Date :- 11.12.2024
Gurpreet Singh
Digitally signed by :-
GURPREET SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench
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