Allahabad High Court
PANKAJ BANSALversusSTATE OF U.P.
- Decided
- Bench
- RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA
Holding
The anticipatory bail application was dismissed as infructuous because the applicant's name had been taken out of the investigation.
Summary
The applicant, Pankaj Bansan, filed an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code. During the hearing, counsel for the applicant informed the court that the applicant's name had been removed from the investigation. The court considered that the removal rendered the bail application moot. Consequently, the court held that there was no longer any ground to entertain the anticipatory bail petition. The application was therefore dismissed as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether an anticipatory bail application under Section 482 remains maintainable when the applicant's name is withdrawn from the investigation
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 482
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Section 482
- Criminal Procedure Code
- infructuous dismissal
- investigation withdrawal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No.
- 2784 of 2026
Pankaj Bansal
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
State of U.P.
.....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Avinash Pandey
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.
Court No. - 71
HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.
1. Sri Avinash Pandey, Learned Court for the applicant states that the
applicant's name has been taken out of the investigation and this
application has thus become infructuous.
2. Dismissed as infructuous.
(Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.)
September 14, 2026
Kushal
Digitally signed by :-
KUSHAL AGRAWAL
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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