Allahabad High Court
SURAJ GUPTAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition was dismissed as not pressed.
Summary
Suraj Gupta filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The police subsequently submitted a charge-sheet in the underlying criminal case. Upon learning of the charge-sheet, the petitioner's counsel, Brajesh Kumar Singh, moved that the writ petition be dismissed as not pressed. The Court held that the filing of the charge-sheet rendered the writ petition redundant and therefore unnecessary. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as not pressed with no further order.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal miscellaneous writ petition should be dismissed as not pressed after the filing of a charge-sheet in the underlying case
Subjects
- criminal procedure
- writ petition
- charge-sheet
- dismissal
- not pressed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20466 of 2026
Suraj Gupta
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Brajesh Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J.
HON'BLE JAI KRISHNA UPADHYAY, J.
1. Upon being informed by the learned A.G.A. that charge-sheet had been
submitted by the Police in the instant matter, learned counsel for the
petitioner prays that the writ petition be dismissed as not pressed.
2. Under such circumstances, no further order is required to be passed.
3. The instant writ petition is accordingly, dismissed as not pressed.
(Jai Krishna Upadhyay,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.)
September 8, 2026
M.S. Ansari
Digitally signed by :-
MOHD SAQIB ANSARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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