Allahabad High Court
ANKIT GANGWARversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
Holding
The bail application is dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
Ankit Gangwar applied for bail before the Allahabad High Court, filing a second bail application after his first was dismissed. No counsel appeared on his behalf, while the State's learned AGA was present. The court noted that this was a repeat application and that the prosecution had not progressed. Consequently, the court dismissed the bail application for want of prosecution. The order was pronounced by Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha on 19 March 2026.
Issues considered
- Whether bail can be granted to the applicant in the present circumstances
- Whether the lack of prosecution progress 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. - 48699 of 2023
Ankit Gangwar
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Prasant Rathor, Sanjay Gangwar
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Sheshadri Trivedi
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 already been dismissed by this
Court.
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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