Allahabad High Court
SHRUTI MISHRA ALIAS ALKA MISHRAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
Summary
Petitioner Shruti Mishra filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner informed the court that she had already been arrested by the police and no longer wished to pursue the petition, seeking to withdraw it. The respondent State and the other respondents did not object to the withdrawal. The court, noting the petitioner's clear intention to withdraw and the lack of any objection, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn. The petition was therefore closed without any substantive adjudication on the merits.
Issues considered
- Whether a criminal miscellaneous writ petition can be withdrawn by the petitioner after being arrested
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- criminal procedure
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8857 of 2026
Shruti Mishra Alias Alka Mishra
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Kumar Rai, Girish Kumar
Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Kunal Shah, Devraj Pathak, G.A.,
Utkarsh Tiwari
Court No. - 48
HON'BLE RAJIV GUPTA, J.
HON'BLE DR. AJAY KUMAR-II, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and
Sri Satish Kumar Mishra, holding brief of Sri Utkarsh Tiwari, learned
counsel for the respondent no.4 and perused the record.
2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has made a statement
at the Bar that the petitioner has already been arrested by the police and, as
such, he does not intend to further press this petition and seeks to withdraw
it.
3. Learned AGA and learned counsel for the respondent no.4 have no
objection to the aforesaid prayer.
4. In view of the above statement, the instant writ petition is dismissed as
withdrawn.
May 7, 2026
ss
(Dr. Ajay Kumar-II,J.) (Rajiv Gupta,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
SANDEEP SHARMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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