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Allahabad High Court

SHAHJAHAN BEGAM AND 3 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as withdrawn upon the petitioner's request and lack of objection from the respondents.

Summary

Petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners announced that they no longer wished to pursue the petition and sought its withdrawal. The counsel for the respondent and the Additional Government Advocate for the State raised no objection to the withdrawal. The Court accepted the statement of withdrawal and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

  • Whether a writ petition can be dismissed on the ground that the petitioner withdraws it during the hearing

Subjects

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

Judgment

                                                 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                 CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 17850 of 2026

                                    Shahjahan Begam And 3 Others
                                                                                            .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                      Versus

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

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)        : Sushant Prakash Tiwari
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)        : G.A., Shreesh Bahadur Tripathi

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

                                    1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Shreesh Bahadur
                                    Tripathi, learned counsel for the respondent no.3, learned AGA 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 counsel for the respondent no.3 and learned A.G.A. for
                                    the State have no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

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

                                    September 8, 2026
                                    Ashutosh/S

                                                                  (Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)




Digitally signed by :-
SAVITA SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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