Allahabad High Court
RINKU ALIAS JAIPRAKASHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
The bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant had been acquitted.
Summary
The applicant, Rinku alias Jaiprakash, filed a criminal miscellaneous bail application before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel informed the court that the applicant had already been acquitted of the charges. The court noted that since the applicant was no longer in custody, the bail application had become moot. Consequently, the court held that the bail application was infructuous. The application was therefore dismissed without further consideration.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a bail application when the applicant has already been acquitted?
Subjects
- bail
- acquittal
- criminal procedure
- high court
- infructuous
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 21468 of 2025
Rinku Alias Jaiprakash
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ansar Haider Rizvi, Zafar Abbas
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 65
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Ms. Nahid Khan, learned Advocate holding brief for Sri Zafar Abbas,
learned counsel for the applicant has informed that the applicant has been
acquitted, as such, the present application is rendered infructuous and may
be dismissed as infructuous.
3. Accordingly, the bail application stands dismissed as infructuous.
(Krishan Pahal,J.)
April 23, 2026
Shalini
Digitally signed by :-
SHALINI JAISWAL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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