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Allahabad High Court

AMARNATH SAHU AND 10 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because of the lapse of time.

Summary

The petitioners, Amarnath Sahu and ten others, filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition (No. 784 of 2023) against the State of Uttar Pradesh and three other respondents. The petitioners' counsel was absent, and no interim relief had been ordered. The Court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time (eflux of time). Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous. No substantive merits of the petition were considered.

Issues considered

  • The petition is infructuous due to delay and cannot be entertained.

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • criminal procedure
  • delay
  • infructuous petition
  • dismissal

Judgment

                                                   HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                                                  CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 784 of 2023

                                    Amarnath Sahu And 10 Others
                                                                                                            .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                                Versus
                                    State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                                          .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)               :     Prashant Sharma, Surendra Pratap Singh
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)               :     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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