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Allahabad High Court

DINESH @ VINIT AND 4 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U P AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the lapse of time.

Summary

Petitioners Dinesh @ Vinit and four others filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court against the State of Uttar Pradesh and three others, seeking relief that is not specified in the record. The petitioners' counsel, Devendra Pratap Yadav, was not present before the court. No interim order had been passed in the matter. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time. Consequently, the judges dismissed the petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • What is the effect of the lapse of time on the maintainability of a criminal miscellaneous writ petition?

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • criminal
  • lapse of time
  • infructuous
  • dismissal

Judgment

                                                 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                                                CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 1858 of 2023

                                    Dinesh @ Vinit And 4 Others
                                                                                                     .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                        Versus
                                    State Of U P And 3 Others
                                                                                                   .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                    :   Devendra Pratap Yadav
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                    :   Ajay Kumar Mishra, G.A.

                                    Court No. - 44
                                                             HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
                                                             HON'BLE SATYA VEER SINGH, J.

                                    1. Case is called out.

                                    2. Learned counsel for the petitioners is not present.

                                    3. There was no interim order passed in this case.

                                    4. The petition appears to have infructuous by eflux of time, it, is
                                    accordingly dismissed as infructuous.

                                    April 20, 2026
                                    Kpy
                                                                               (Satya Veer Singh,J.) (Siddharth,J.)




Digitally signed by :-
KAVLESHWAR PRASAD YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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