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Allahabad High Court

DEVYENDU RAI @ DEVYENDU RAMversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the lapse of time has rendered it ineffective.

Summary

The petitioner, Devyendu Rai, filed Criminal Miscellaneous Writ Petition No. 9364 of 2022 before the High Court of Allahabad seeking relief against the State of U.P. and three others. The petitioner’s counsel, Prem Narayan Rai, was not present before the bench. The court observed that no interim order had been passed in the matter. It further noted that the petition had become infructuous due to the passage of time. Accordingly, the court dismissed the petition as infructuous.

Issues considered

  • Whether the writ petition is maintainable or has become infructuous due to lapse of time

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • infructuous
  • delay
  • criminal miscellaneous writ
  • high court

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                               CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION No. - 9364 of 2022

                                    Devyendu Rai @ Devyendu Ram
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                             .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)                    :    Prem Narayan Rai
                                    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
                                    Aditya




Digitally signed by :-
ADITYA KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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