Allahabad High Court
MUNESH SHARMAversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous due to the efflux of time.
Summary
Munesh Sharma filed a criminal miscellaneous writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner’s counsel, Siddarth Jaiswal, was not present, and no interim relief had been ordered. The court observed that the petition had become infructuous due to the lapse of time. Consequently, the judges held that the petition could not be entertained further. The petition was therefore dismissed as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition that has remained pending for an extended period without any interim order can be considered infructuous and dismissed
Subjects
- criminal writ petition
- infructuous
- delay
- petition dismissal
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9313 of 2023
Munesh Sharma
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Siddarth Jaiswal
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 become infructuous by efflux of time. It is,
accordingly, dismissed as infructuous.
(Vinai Kumar Dwivedi,J.) (Siddharth,J.)
May 12, 2026
Shubham
Digitally signed by :-
SHUBHAM KUMAR AGRAHARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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