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Allahabad High Court

DEV @ DARA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Petitioners Dev @ Dara and another filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners expressed a desire to withdraw the petition, and the learned Additional Government Advocate for the State raised no objection. The court considered the request and, noting the unopposed withdrawal, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were examined. The dismissal was purely procedural, reflecting the parties' agreement to discontinue the proceedings.

Issues considered

  • Whether a criminal miscellaneous writ petition can be withdrawn by the petitioners after filing and without opposition from the respondents

Subjects

  • withdrawal of writ petition
  • procedural law
  • criminal miscellaneous writ
  • high court jurisdiction

Judgment

                                               HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 20844 of 2026

                                    Dev @ Dara And Another
                                                                                          .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                     Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                         .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                 :   Dhiraj Srivastava
                                    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 petitioners, learned A.G.A. for the
                                    State and perused the record.

                                    2. After some length of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners
                                    has made a statement at the Bar that he does not want to press this
                                    writ petition and seeks to withdraw it.

                                    3. Learned A.G.A. has no objection to the aforesaid prayer.

                                    4. In view of the statement made, this writ petition is dismissed as
                                    withdrawn.

                                    September 23, 2026
                                    S. Singh

                                                                  (Devendra Singh-I,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)




Digitally signed by :-
SAVITA SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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