Allahabad High Court
SACHIN AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- CHAWAN PRAKASH
Holding
The application under Section 482 was dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioners, Sachin and three others, filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking the High Court's inherent powers to intervene in their criminal proceedings. The application was listed but no petitioner representative appeared, even after a revised list. The court referred the matter to mediation at the request of the petitioners' counsel, but the petitioners failed to deposit the required Rs. 25,000 with the mediation centre. Consequently, the court dismissed the application for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order previously granted. The trial court was directed to proceed with the case as per law, and the order was to be communicated to the trial court.
Issues considered
- Whether an application under Section 482 can be entertained when the petitioners fail to appear before the court
- Whether the failure to comply with the mediation centre's deposit requirement warrants dismissal of the application
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- Section 482
- inherent powers of High Court
- procedural default
- mediation
- application dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 898 of 2025
Sachin And 3 Others
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hemant Kumar Patel, Ravi Shankar
Tripathi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 83
HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J.
1. Case called on. No one is present on behalf of the applicants, even in the
revised list.
2. Learned Counsel for opposite party no.2 and learned A.G.A. are present.
3. This matter was referred for mediation on the request of learned Counsel
for the applicants. As per report of the mediation centre dated 08.10.2025,
the applicants did not deposit the required sum of Rs. 25,000/- with the
Mediation Centre.
4. Since no one is present on behalf of the applicants to press this
application, this application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
5. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
6. The Trial Court is at liberty to proceed with the matter as per law.
7. Let this order be communicated to the Trial Court concerned by the
Registrar (Compliance).
(Chawan Prakash,J.)
September 29, 2026
Vijay
Digitally signed by :-
VIJAY KUMAR SAHU
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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