Allahabad High Court
KUNAL @ KUNANversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioner, Kunal @ Kunan, filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel announced that the petitioner no longer wishes to pursue the petition and seeks to withdraw it. The State’s Additional Government Advocate raised no objection to the withdrawal. The Court, noting the petitioner’s clear intention to withdraw and the lack of opposition, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. Consequently, the petition was closed without any substantive adjudication on the merits.
Issues considered
- Whether a petitioner may withdraw a criminal miscellaneous writ petition after filing it and after the matter has been listed for hearing?
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- high court
- criminal miscellaneous
- procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18714 of 2026
Kunal @ Kunan
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rahul Kumar Sharma, Vipul Babu
Sharma
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Kripa Shankar Prasad
Court No. - 47
HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J.
HON'BLE DEVENDRA SINGH-I, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned AGA for the
State and perused the record.
2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has made a
statement at the Bar that he does not want to press this writ
petition and seeks to withdraw it.
3. Learned AGA for the State has no objection to the aforesaid
prayer.
4. In view of the statement made, this writ petition is dismissed as
withdrawn.
September 8, 2026
Nadim
(Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
NADIM ALAM
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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