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Allahabad High Court

ANKIT AND 2 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn upon the petitioner's request and the respondents' consent.

Summary

Petitioners Ankit and two others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners expressed a desire to withdraw the petition. The State and the third respondent, represented by their counsel, raised no objection to the withdrawal. The court, noting the petitioners' clear intention to discontinue the proceedings and the lack of opposition, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition may be dismissed upon the petitioner's voluntary withdrawal without further hearing

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • dismissal
  • high court
  • criminal miscellaneous

Judgment

                                              HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 16100 of 2026

                                    Ankit And 2 Others
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 2 Others
                                                                                              .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                 :   Sushil Dubey
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                 :   G.A., Rajesh Kumar Pal

                                    Court No. - 47
                                                     HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J.
                                                     HON'BLE DEVENDRA SINGH-I, J.

                                    1. Heard Shri Sushil Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri
                                    Prateek Srivastava, Advocate holding brief of Shri Rajesh Kumar Pal,
                                    learned counsel for the respondent no.3, learned A.G.A. for the State
                                    and perused the record.

                                    2. After some length of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners
                                    has made a statement at the Bar that he does not want to press this
                                    writ petition and seeks to withdraw it.

                                    3. Learned A.G.A. for the State and learned counsel for the
                                    respondent no.3 have no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

                                    4. In view of the statement made, this writ petition is dismissed as
                                    withdrawn.



                                                                    (Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)
                                    September 9, 2026
                                    Sanjeet




Digitally signed by :-
SANJEET KUMAR YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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