Allahabad High Court
RANJEETversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The bail application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The applicant Ranjeet filed a second criminal miscellaneous bail application (No. 45736 of 2023) before the Allahabad High Court. No counsel appeared on his behalf, while the learned Additional Government Advocate for the State was present. The court noted that this was the second bail application, the first having been dismissed on merit. Consequently, the court dismissed the second bail application on the ground of want of prosecution. The order was pronounced by Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha on March 19, 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate basis for dismissing a second bail application after a prior bail application was dismissed on merit?
- Whether the absence of prosecution evidence justifies dismissal of the bail application.
Subjects
- bail
- criminal procedure
- want of prosecution
- second bail application
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 45736 of 2023
Ranjeet
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ramesh Kumar Shukla, Vivek Kumar
Shukla
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mamta Singh
Court No. - 72
HON'BLE JITENDRA KUMAR SINHA, J.
1. List has been revised. No one appears on behalf of the applicant to
press this bail application, however, Shri Chandra Shekhar Saran, learned
AGA for the State is present.
2. This is the second bail application filed on behalf of the applicant.
However, his first bail application has been dismissed on merit.
3. Accordingly, the application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
(Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.)
March 19, 2026
Rama Kant
Digitally signed by :-
RAMA KANT
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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