Allahabad High Court
VIJAY BAGHELversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
A bail application is dismissed as infructuous when the applicant has already been convicted.
Summary
The applicant, Vijay Baghel, filed a criminal miscellaneous bail application (No. 13242 of 2025) before the Allahabad High Court. He sought bail pending the trial of the charges against him. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant informed the court that the applicant had already been convicted, making the bail application moot. The State Law Officer, R.P. Patel, was present before the court. The court held that a bail application is infructuous when the applicant has already been convicted. Accordingly, the bail application was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Can a bail application be entertained when the applicant has already been convicted?
Subjects
- bail
- criminal procedure
- conviction
- High Court
- application dismissed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13242 of 2025
Vijay Baghel
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anita Singh, Kumari Poonam Rajpoot,
Nirmla Kumari, Prem Babu Verma
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Abhishek Kushwaha, G.A.
Court No. - 65
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the present bail
application has been rendered infructuous as the applicant has been
convicted.
3. Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer for the State is present.
4. In view of the statement so made, the present bail application is dismissed
as infructuous.
(Krishan Pahal,J.)
May 12, 2026
Vikas Verma
Digitally signed by :-
VIKAS VERMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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