Allahabad High Court
SAURABHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
The bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant had already been released.
Summary
The High Court of Allahabad considered a bail application (Criminal Misc. Bail Application No. 15592 of 2025) filed by Saurabh against the State of Uttar Pradesh and three others. No counsel appeared for the applicant, while the State's learned A.G.A. was present. The trial court's status report indicated that the applicant had already been released from custody on 12 December 2025 following the Court’s earlier order dated 9 December 2025, which declared him a juvenile under Section 528 of the BNSS. Since the applicant was no longer in detention, the bail application became moot. Consequently, the Court dismissed the bail application as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a bail application can be entertained when the applicant has already been released from custody.
Legislation cited
- BNSS — s. 528
Subjects
- bail
- juvenile
- criminal procedure
- high court
- application dismissed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15592 of 2025
Saurabh
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Kumar Singh, Prashant Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 65
(Sr. No.57 out of 205)
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. No one is present on behalf of the applicant to press the present bail
application. Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State is
present.
3. The status report received from the trial court dated 22.4.2026 indicates
that applicant has been released from jail on 12.12.2025 in compliance of
the order of this Court dated 9.12.2025 passed in Application U/s 528
BNSS as the applicant has been declared juvenile. As such, the present
bail application has been rendered infructuous.
4. In view of the above, the present bail application is dismissed as
infructuous.
(Krishan Pahal,J.)
May 5, 2026
Vikas Verma
Digitally signed by :-
VIKAS VERMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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