Allahabad High Court
DURGA PRASADversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA
Holding
The bail application is dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
Durga Prasad filed a criminal miscellaneous bail application (No. 12197 of 2026) before the Allahabad High Court. The applicant's counsel, Pradeep Kumar, informed the court that the applicant no longer wished to pursue the bail relief at this stage. The counsel requested that the application be treated as withdrawn. The learned judge, Ashutosh Srivastava, accepted the request and dismissed the bail application as withdrawn without examining its merits. No substantive discussion on the merits of bail or any statutory provisions was undertaken. The order was pronounced on 20 April 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether a bail application can be withdrawn by the applicant at the interim stage before the court decides on its merits
Subjects
- bail
- withdrawal of application
- criminal procedure
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12197 of 2026
Durga Prasad
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pradeep Kumar
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Arun Kumar Srivastav, G.A.
Court No. - 68
HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J.
Heard Shri Pradeep Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant and Shri
Arun Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the first informant.
Shri Pradeep Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant at the very out set
submits that he does not want to press the present bail application at this
stage and the same may be permitted to be dismissed as withdrawn.
On the statement of learned counsel for the applicant, present bail
application is dismissed as withdrawn, at this stage.
(Ashutosh Srivastava,J.)
April 20, 2026
Ravi Prakash
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI PRAKASH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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