Allahabad High Court
SALEEM KHAN @ CHUNNUversusState of UP AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- PADAM NARAIN MISHRA
Holding
The petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
Summary
Saleem Khan filed a criminal revision petition (No. 4020 of 2024) before the Allahabad High Court challenging an order of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The petition was presented by counsel Shiv Kumar Kesari. During the hearing, counsel submitted that subsequent developments had rendered the petition infructuous, meaning there was no longer any operative relief to be sought. The court examined the submission and found that, indeed, nothing remained for consideration. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition on the ground that it had become infructuous. The judgment was delivered by Hon'ble Justice Padam Narain Mishra on September 9, 2026.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a criminal revision petition when subsequent developments render it infructuous?
Subjects
- criminal revision
- infructuous petition
- dismissal
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 4020 of 2024
Saleem Khan @ Chunnu
.....Revisionist(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Shiv Kumar Kesari
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Deelip Kumar Pathak, G.A., Rajeev Giri
Court No. - 45
HON'BLE PADAM NARAIN MISHRA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and learned A.G.A. for the State.
2. Sri Shiv Kumar Kesari learned counsel for the revisionist submits that, in view of
the subsequent developments, the present petition has become infructuous.
3. In view of the aforesaid submission, nothing survives for consideration in the
present petition.
4. Accordingly, the present petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
September 9, 2026
Akram
(Padam Narain Mishra,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD AKRAM
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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