Allahabad High Court
MARKANDEY PRASAD PANDEY AND 7 OTHERSversusSTATE OF UP AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The court held that the two writ petitions should be connected and ordered a fresh admission of the present petition.
Summary
Petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition and later moved an application to implead the first informant as a respondent. The State, represented by the Advocate General, highlighted that another writ petition (Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3547 of 2026, Mewati Devi v. State of U.P.) arising from the same crime number was pending before the same court. The court ordered that the two writ petitions be connected and that the present petition be re‑listed for fresh admission on 13‑03‑2026. It directed that the details of the connected petition be published in the cause list and that any interim orders previously granted remain in force until the next hearing.
Issues considered
- Whether the present criminal miscellaneous writ petition should be connected with another pending writ petition arising out of the same crime number
Subjects
- procedural law
- writ petition
- connection of cases
- criminal procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 23787 of 2025
Markandey Prasad Pandey And 7 Others
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Up And 4 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shri Kant Shukla
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 47
HON'BLE RAJEEV MISRA, J.
HON'BLE LAKSHMI KANT SHUKLA, J.
1. Heard Mr. Shri Kant Shukla, the learned counsel for petitioners and the
learned A.G.A. representing State/respondents 1 to 5.
2. Perused the record.
3. On the matter being taken up the learned counsel for petitioners fairly
submits that he has filed an impleadment application in the Registry
Yesterday i.e. on 10.03.2026 impleading first informant as a party
respondent in present writ petition.
4. Learned A.G.A. points out that Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3547 of
2026 (Mewati Devi Vs. State of U.P. and 2 others) arising out of the same
case crime number is also pending before this Court.
5. In view of above, connect aforementioned criminal misc. writ petition
alongwith present writ petition.
5. Matter shall re-appear for admission as fresh on 13.03.2026 alongwith
connected writ petition.
6. When the matter is listed next, the details of connected writ petition shall
be duly published in the cause list.
7. Interim order, if any, granted earlier shall stand extended till the next date
fixed.
March 11, 2026
YK
(Lakshmi Kant Shukla,J.) (Rajeev Misra,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
YASHWANT KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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