Allahabad High Court
UMESH SHARMAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioner, Umesh Sharma, filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel announced that the investigation had been concluded with a final report favorable to the petitioner and expressed a desire to withdraw the petition. The State’s Additional Government Advocate raised no objection to the withdrawal. The Court, after noting the lack of objection, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. The dismissal effectively closed the proceedings without any substantive adjudication on the merits.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal miscellaneous writ petition can be withdrawn by the petitioner after filing
- Whether the Court can dismiss the petition as withdrawn in the absence of any objection from the State
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- criminal miscellaneous
- investigation report
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 18881 of 2026
Umesh Sharma
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 4 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari, Jitendra
Kumar Maurya, Priyanka Kumari
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
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 in the instant case, the investigation has
already been concluded and a final report has been forwarded in
favour of the petitioner and as such he does not intend to press
this writ petition and seeks to withdraw it.
4. Learned AGA for the State has no objection to the aforesaid
prayer.
5. In view of the above, this writ petition is dismissed as
withdrawn.
September 23, 2026
Sanjeet
(Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
SANJEET KUMAR YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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