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Allahabad High Court

AJAY KUMAR SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 2 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

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

Summary

The petitioner, Ajay Kumar Singh, filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the State of U.P. and two others. No counsel appeared for the petitioner and no interim order was passed. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time. Consequently, the judges held that the petition could not be entertained further. The petition was therefore dismissed 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 miscellaneous
  • lapse of time
  • infructuous
  • dismissal

Judgment

                                              HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18687 of 2025

                                    Ajay Kumar Singh
                                                                                                  .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

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

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                        :      Sanjay Shukla
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)                        :      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 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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