Allahabad High Court
FARHANA ALIAS FARANAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition was dismissed for want of prosecution.
Summary
The petitioner, Farhana Alias Farana, filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition (No. 8923 of 2025) in the Allahabad High Court. The court later discovered that the original physical record of the petition had been inadvertently misplaced. The court directed the office to locate the original record and place it with the printed copy. On the scheduled hearing, the petitioner failed to appear, while the State's counsel was present. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition for want of prosecution and vacated any interim order that had been in force.
Issues considered
- Can a writ petition be dismissed for want of prosecution when the petitioner fails to appear and the original record is misplaced?
Subjects
- writ petition
- criminal miscellaneous
- dismissal
- want of prosecution
- record misplacement
- interim order vacated
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 8923 of 2025
Farhana Alias Farana
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ankit Srivastava, Ch. Dil Nisar
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 48
HON'BLE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J.
HON'BLE TARUN SAXENA, J.
1. As per the office report dated 16.09.2026, the physical record of
the instant writ petition has been inadvertently misplaced within the
office.
2. Office is directed to trace out the original record of the writ
petition and, upon tracing the same, to place it along with the
instant printed copy.
3. Case called out in the revised list. None appeared on behalf of
the petitioner to address the Court, however, learned A.G.A. for the
State is present.
4. In view of the above, the instant writ petition is dismissed for
want of prosecution.
5. Interim order, if any, stands vacated.
September 16, 2026
Saurabh
(Tarun Saxena,J.) (Chandra Dhari Singh,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
SAURABH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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