Allahabad High Court
DHEERAJ RAJversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- MADAN PAL SINGH
Holding
The appeal was dismissed as not pressed in accordance with the appellant's request to withdraw the proceedings.
Summary
The appellant, Dheeraj Raj, filed a criminal appeal against the State of Uttar Pradesh and four others. During the hearing, counsel for the appellant, Gulab Yadav, informed the court that the dispute had been amicably settled out of court and that the appellant no longer wished to pursue the criminal revision. The court considered this statement and, without examining the merits of the original charges, ordered the appeal to be dismissed as not pressed. The dismissal was recorded in the presence of the learned Additional Government Advocate for the State. Consequently, the appeal was terminated without any further adjudication on the substantive criminal issues.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal appeal can be dismissed as not pressed when the appellant declares the dispute settled and withdraws the appeal
Subjects
- criminal appeal
- dismissal
- not pressed
- settlement
- procedural withdrawal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 11108 of 2025
Dheeraj Raj
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 4 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : Abhijeet Singh, Gulab Yadav
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Madan Mohan, Prem Sagar Verma
Court No. - 51
HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J.
1. Sri Gulab Yadav, learned counsel for the appellant, submits that the
dispute between the parties has been amicably settled outside the Court and
he does not wish to press the present criminal revision. He, therefore, prays
that the present appeal may be dismissed as not pressed.
2. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the appellant, the
present criminal appeal is dismissed as not pressed.
3. This order has passed in the presence learned AGA for the State.
April 23, 2026
Akbar
(Madan Pal Singh,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD AKBAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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