Allahabad High Court
MOHAMMAD MEHDIversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 7 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The Court held that the petition was infructuous and dismissed it.
Summary
Mohammad Mehdi filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 25592 of 2025 before the Allahabad High Court seeking relief against the State of U.P. and seven others. The petitioner's counsel, Nayab Ahmad Khan, was not present before the Court. No interim order had been passed in the proceedings. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition can be entertained when there has been a lapse of time rendering it infructuous
- Whether dismissal as infructuous is an appropriate remedy in the absence of any interim order
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal procedure
- infructuous
- lapse of time
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 25592 of 2025
Mohammad Mehdi
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 7 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Nayab Ahmad Khan
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Firoz Haider, G.A.
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE VINAI KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.
1. Case is called out.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner is not present.
3. There was no interim order passed in this case.
4. The petition appears to have infructuous by eflux of time, it, is accordingly
dismissed as infructuous.
May 7, 2026
Abhishek
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ABHISHEK YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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