Allahabad High Court
VIVEK KUMARversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
The bail application is dismissed as infructuous because the applicant has already been acquitted.
Summary
The applicant, Vivek Kumar, filed a criminal miscellaneous bail application before the Allahabad High Court. No counsel appeared on his behalf, while the State's Additional Government Advocate was present. The trial court had already acquitted the applicant on 8 October 2024, as reflected in the status report dated 25 February 2026. The court examined whether a bail application could be entertained after an acquittal. Finding that the acquittal rendered the bail request moot, the court held the application infructuous. Consequently, the bail application was dismissed.
Issues considered
- Whether a bail application can be entertained after the accused has been acquitted by the trial court
Subjects
- bail
- acquittal
- criminal procedure
- High Court
- infructuous application
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22952 of 2024
Vivek Kumar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pramod Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 66
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. Learned A.G.A. for the State is present.
3. As per the status report of trial dated 25.2.2026, the applicant has been
acquitted vide order dated 8.10.2024 passed by the trial court, 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.)
March 18, 2026
Vikas Verma
Digitally signed by :-
VIKAS VERMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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