Allahabad High Court
KHUSBU YADAV AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous because it had become stale due to the passage of time.
Summary
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. Their counsel was not present, and no interim order had been passed. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as infructuous. No substantive merits of the case were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of lapse of time on the maintainability of a criminal miscellaneous writ petition?
Subjects
- lapse of time
- infructuous petition
- criminal miscellaneous writ petition
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 2696 of 2022
Khusbu Yadav And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sanjay Singh, Shivam Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Rajesh Prasad Yadav
Court No. - 44
HON'BLE SIDDHARTH, J.
HON'BLE VINAI KUMAR DWIVEDI, J.
1. Case is called out.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners 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.
April 29, 2026
Rohit
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ROHIT DAS
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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