Allahabad High Court
KASHIF @ KASIMversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- KRISHAN PAHAL
Holding
The bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant had been acquitted.
Summary
The applicant, Kashif @ Kasim, filed a criminal miscellaneous bail application before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant informed the court that the applicant had already been acquitted of the charges. The court noted that the bail application had become moot in light of the acquittal. Consequently, the court held that there was no longer any basis to entertain the bail request. The bail application was therefore dismissed as infructuous. No further orders were made.
Issues considered
- Whether a bail application remains viable after the accused has been acquitted
Subjects
- bail
- acquittal
- criminal procedure
- mootness
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 24386 of 2025
Kashif @ Kasim
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Arshad
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 65
(Sr. No.54 out of 243)
HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.
1. List has been revised.
2. Sri Anjani Kumar Shukla, Advocate holding brief of Sri Mohd. Arshad,
learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the present bail application
has now become infructuous as the applicant has been acquitted.
3. In view of the statement so made, the present bail application is dismissed
as infructuous.
(Krishan Pahal,J.)
May 12, 2026
(Ravi Kant)
Digitally signed by :-
RAVI KANT
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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