Allahabad High Court
ARJUN SINGH ALIAS DHEERAversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
Holding
A bail application is infructuous and must be dismissed when the accused has already been acquitted.
Summary
The applicant, Arjun Singh, filed a bail application after the trial had concluded and he had been acquitted. The applicant's counsel argued that the bail petition was now moot. The State, represented by the Additional Government Advocate, raised no objection. The Court examined whether a bail application could be entertained post‑acquittal and held that it was infructuous. Consequently, the bail application was dismissed. The order was pronounced by Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal on 24 September 2026.
Issues considered
- Can a bail application be entertained when the trial is concluded and the accused has been acquitted?
Subjects
- bail
- acquittal
- infructuous
- criminal procedure
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1213 of 2025
Arjun Singh Alias Dheera
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anjali Singh Tomer, Inder Pal Singh
Tomar
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 66
HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J.
1. Ms. Ruchi Prajapati, Advocate holding brief of Ms. Anjali Singh
Tomer, learned counsel for the applicant, submitted that in the present
case, trial has been concluded and the applicant has been acquitted.
Therefore, the present bail application has become infructuous and the
same may be dismissed as having become infrucutous.
2. Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the aforesaid prayer.
3. Considering the aforesaid submissions, the present bail application
stands dismissed as infructuous.
(Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal,J.)
September 24, 2026
SA
Digitally signed by :-
SALMAN ALI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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