Allahabad High Court
SRI MAYANK SRIVASTAVA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to lapse of time.
Summary
The petitioners filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition (No. 7598 of 2023) before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioners' 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 court dismissed the petition as infructuous. The judgment was delivered on May 7, 2026.
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 dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 7598 of 2023
Sri Mayank Srivastava And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Bhan Gupta, Chandra Prakash
Srivastava
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Manjari Singh
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.
May 7, 2026
Rohit
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ROHIT DAS
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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