Allahabad High Court
DHIRENDRA KUMARversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 5 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.
Summary
Petitioner Dhirendra Kumar filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition challenging the proceedings against him. The police had already forwarded a charge sheet, and the petitioner’s counsel, Ram Krishna Yadav, requested that the petition be dismissed as not pressed. The Additional Government Advocate and the counsel for the Electricity Department, Shakshi Shukla, also expressed no objection to dismissal. The High Court, after noting the lack of any pending issue, dismissed the writ petition as not pressed. The order was pronounced by Judges Siddhartha Varma and Jai Krishna Upadhyay on September 9, 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate course of action when a charge sheet has been filed and the petitioner seeks dismissal of a criminal writ petition as not pressed?
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal procedure
- charge sheet
- dismissal
- not pressed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 21535 of 2026
Dhirendra Kumar
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 5 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Krishna Yadav
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Baleshwar Chaturvedi, G.A.
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J.
HON'BLE JAI KRISHNA UPADHYAY, J.
1. Upon being informed by learned AGA that a charge sheet has been
forwarded by the police, learned counsel for the petitioners prays that the
writ petition be dismissed as not pressed.
2. Learned AGA and Ms. Shakshi Shukla holding brief of Sri Baleshwar
Chaturvedi, learned counsel for the Electricity Department have no
objection to the dismissal of the writ petition.
3. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as not pressed.
(Jai Krishna Upadhyay,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.)
September 9, 2026
GS
Digitally signed by :-
GAUTAM SONI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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