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Allahabad High Court

PREM SHANKAR SHARMAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 6 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition was dismissed as infructuous due to lapse of time.

Summary

Prem Shankar Sharma filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 18660 of 2025 before the Allahabad High Court challenging actions of the State of Uttar Pradesh and six other respondents. The petitioner was to be represented by counsel Rahul Kumar Sharma, but he was not present on the hearing date. No interim relief had been sought or granted in the proceedings. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. Consequently, the judges dismissed the petition as infructuous, without addressing any substantive merits.

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • infructuous
  • delay
  • dismissal
  • High Court

Judgment

                                              HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18660 of 2025

                                    Prem Shankar Sharma
                                                                                              .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 6 Others
                                                                                            .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)       : Rahul Kumar Sharma
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)       : G.A.,    Peeyush   Kumar         Pathak,
                                                                      Prateeyush Kumar Pathak

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

                                    1. Case is called out.

                                    2. Learned counsel for the petitioner 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.


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




Digitally signed by :-
SAILESH PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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