Allahabad High Court
PREM CHANDRA VISHWAKARMA AND 5 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- MADAN PAL SINGH
Holding
The appeal is dismissed as not pressed.
Summary
The appellants, Prem Chandra Vishwakarma and five others, filed a criminal appeal before the Allahabad High Court. During the proceedings, counsel for the appellants, Mr. Virendra Kumar Maurya, expressed that the appellants no longer wished to pursue the appeal and requested its dismissal as not pressed. The court considered this statement and, finding no opposition to the withdrawal, dismissed the appeal as not pressed. The order was recorded in the presence of counsel for the respondent and the Additional Government Advocate. Consequently, the appeal was terminated without a substantive hearing on the merits.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate procedural outcome when an appellant withdraws a criminal appeal and requests it to be dismissed as not pressed?
Subjects
- criminal appeal
- withdrawal
- not pressed
- procedural dismissal
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 11771 of 2024
Prem Chandra Vishwakarma And 5 Others
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : Sonu Kumar, Virendra Kumar Maurya
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Priyavrat Tripathi
Court No. - 51
HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J.
1. Sri Virendra Kumar Maurya, learned counsel for the appellant, states that he does
not wish to press the present criminal appeal and, therefore, prays that the same 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 been passed in the presence of Sri Priyavrat Tripathi, learned
counsel for the opposite party no.2 as well as learned AGA for the State.
May 7, 2026
Akbar
(Madan Pal Singh,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD AKBAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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