Allahabad High Court
CHIRAUNJI LAL AND 5 ORSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANR
- Decided
- Bench
- CHAWAN PRAKASH
Holding
The application under Section 482 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (No. 7027 of 2019) seeking relief against the State of Uttar Pradesh. The matter remained pending for several years, and when the case was listed, none of the parties appeared, although the learned Additional Government Advocate was present. The court observed that the petitioners appeared to have lost interest in pursuing the relief and that no substantive purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings. Consequently, the court dismissed the application for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that might have been in force. The dismissal effectively closed the petition without any substantive adjudication on the merits.
Issues considered
- The court needed to determine whether the pending application under Section 482 should be continued despite the absence of the parties.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- Section 482
- Inherent powers of High Court
- Dismissal for want of prosecution
- Pending application
- Criminal Procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 7027 of 2019
Chiraunji Lal And 5 Ors
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And Anr
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Atul Kumar Shahi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Ashish Kumar, G.A., Narendra Kumar,
Prem Sagar Verma
Court No. - 83
HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J.
1. Case called out in the revised list. None is present on behalf of either of
the parties. However, learned A.G.A. for the State is present.
2. This application is pending since 2019.
3. It appears that the applicants have lost interest to pursue the case, hence
no useful purpose would be served to keep this application pending.
4. In view of above, this application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
5. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
(Chawan Prakash,J.)
September 30, 2026
Md Faisal
Digitally signed by :-
MOHD FAISAL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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