Allahabad High Court
OM MINOR AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is dismissed for want of prosecution as the petitioners demonstrated no intention to continue the writ proceedings.
Summary
The petitioners, Om Minor and another, filed a habeas corpus writ petition (No.1182 of 2025) before the Allahabad High Court against the State of U.P. and three others. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioners and they failed to attend subsequent hearings, indicating a lack of interest in pursuing the matter. The Court examined whether the petition could continue in the absence of the petitioners. Observing the petitioners' continued absence and expressed intention not to prosecute, the Court held that the writ petition could not be kept alive. Consequently, the petition was dismissed for want of prosecution.
Issues considered
- Whether a habeas corpus writ petition may be dismissed for want of prosecution when the petitioners do not appear and show no intention to pursue the case?
Subjects
- habeas corpus
- writ petition
- dismissal for want of prosecution
- procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 1182 of 2025
Om Minor And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Gautam
Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A., Perdeep Kumar
Court No. - 73
HON'BLE SANDEEP JAIN, J.
None appears on behalf of the petitioners.
It appears that the petitioners are no longer interested in pursuing the
present writ petition and have, by their continued absence, evinced no
intention to prosecute the matter further.
Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed for want of
prosecution.
(Sandeep Jain,J.)
September 8, 2026
Himanshu
Digitally signed by :-
HIMANSHU YADAV
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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