Allahabad High Court
ARUNESH KUMAR SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER
- Decided
- Bench
- ACHAL SACHDEV
Holding
The court dismissed both the delay condonation application and the criminal revision on the ground of excessive delay.
Summary
The revisionist filed a criminal revision 955 days after the original order, seeking condonation of delay. The court examined the affidavit supporting the delay and found the reasons insufficient. Consequently, the application for condoning the delay was dismissed. On the basis of this dismissal, the court also dismissed the criminal revision itself, citing the delay as the sole ground. No substantive merits of the case were addressed, and the matter was concluded at the admission stage.
Issues considered
- Whether the delay of 955 days in filing the revision can be condoned
- Whether a criminal revision can be entertained when the delay condonation application is dismissed
Subjects
- delay condonation
- criminal revision
- procedural law
- limitation
- admission stage
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL REVISION DEFECTIVE No. - 2188 of 2025
Arunesh Kumar Singh
.....Revisionist(s)
Versus
State of U.P. and Another
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Deepesh Kumar Ojha, Prashant
Tripathi
Counsel for Opposite Party(s): G.A., Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Smt.
Kirti Pandey
Court No. - 88
HON'BLE ACHAL SACHDEV, J.
Order on Criminal Misc. Delay Condonation Application No. 01
of 2025
1. Learned counsel for the revisionist, learned A.G.A. for the State
and learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 are present.
2. The matter is fixed at the stage of admission.
3. As per the report of Stamp Reporter, present revision has been
filed by the revisionist with the delay of 955 days and the grounds
mentioned for delay in the affidavit filed in support of the delay
condonation application are not sufficient to the satisfaction of the
Court.
4. In the aforesaid circumstances, the delay condonation application
is hereby dismissed.
Order on Criminal Revision
5. In view of the order passed on aforesaid delay
condonation application, the present criminal revision is also
dismissed on the ground of delay itself.
May 15, 2026
KS
(Achal Sachdev,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
KISHAN SINHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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