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Allahabad High Court

MOHD HANIF AND 4 OTHERSversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The application is dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

The applicants, Mohd Hanif and four others, filed an application under Section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before the Allahabad High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the applicants, Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, expressed that he did not wish to pursue the application and requested its dismissal as not pressed. The court considered the counsel's statement and the lack of any further submission from the applicants. No substantive arguments on the merits of the application were presented. Consequently, the court dismissed the application on the ground that it was not pressed. The order was pronounced by Hon'ble Justice Chawan Prakash on 15 September 2026.

Issues considered

  • What is the appropriate disposition of an application under Section 528 when the applicant's counsel indicates it should not be pressed?

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • Section 528
  • Criminal Procedure
  • Application dismissed
  • Not pressed
  • High Court

Judgment

                                               HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                     APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 36059 of 2026

                                    Mohd Hanif And 4 Others
                                                                                                 .....Applicant(s)
                                                                        Versus

                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                                     .....Opposite
                                                                                                           Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)           :   Aradhana Mishra, Rizwan Ahmad
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s)      :   G.A.

                                    Court No. - 83
                                                        HON'BLE CHAWAN PRAKASH, J.

                                    1. Sri Rizwan Ahmad, learned counsel for the applicants states that he does
                                    not want to press this application and it may be dismissed as not pressed.

                                    2. In view of the above statement, this application is dismissed as not
                                    pressed.



                                                                                           (Chawan Prakash,J.)
                                    September 15, 2026
                                    Rmk.




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

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