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Allahabad High Court

VEERENDRA SINGH @ VIRENDRA KATIYARversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided

Holding

The application under Section 528 is dismissed for want of prosecution.

Summary

The applicant filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code before the Allahabad High Court. No substantive hearing took place as the matter was listed but no party appeared to press the application. The learned Additional Government Advocate was present. The court, noting the lack of prosecution of the application, dismissed it for want of prosecution. The order was pronounced by Justice Deepak Verma on 14 May 2026.

Issues considered

  • Whether the application under Section 528 of the CrPC should be entertained in the absence of any party pressing it

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • Section 528
  • Criminal Procedure Code
  • application dismissed
  • want of prosecution
  • High Court

Judgment

                                                   HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

                                                   APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 44813 of 2025

                                    Veerendra Singh @ Virendra Katiyar
                                                                                                     .....Applicant(s)
                                                                          Versus
                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                                        .....Opposite
                                                                                                              Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)          :   Amit Raj Sachan
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s)     :   Ashutosh Mishra, G.A., Shailendra Kumar
                                                                          Ojha

                                    Court No. - 74
                                                            HON'BLE DEEPAK VERMA, J.

                                    1. Case called out in the revised list. None appears to press this application.

                                    2. Learned AGA is present.

                                    3. Accordingly, the present 482 application is dismissed for want of
                                    prosecution.

                                    May 14, 2026
                                    Fahad
                                                                                                 (Deepak Verma,J.)




Digitally signed by :-
FAHAD NIYAZ
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad


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