Allahabad High Court
AASEY @ AASEYRAMversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
A bail application cannot be entertained and is dismissed as infructuous when the applicant is deceased.
Summary
A bail application was filed in the Allahabad High Court by Aasey @ Aaseyram (the applicant) against the State of U.P. and others. During the hearing, the applicant's counsel, Madan Singh, informed the court that the applicant had died. The court held that the death of the applicant rendered the bail application infructuous. Consequently, the court dismissed the bail application as infructuous. No substantive discussion on the merits of bail was required.
Issues considered
- Can a bail application be entertained when the applicant has died before the hearing?
Subjects
- bail
- criminal procedure
- application dismissed
- death of applicant
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22521 of 2025
Aasey @ Aaseyram
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Madan Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 65
(Sr. No.113 out of 277)
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Sri Madan Singh, learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the
present bail application has been rendered infructuous as the applicant has
expired.
3. In view of the statement so made, the present bail application is dismissed
as infructuous.
(Krishan Pahal,J.)
April 20, 2026
Vikas Verma
Digitally signed by :-
VIKAS VERMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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