Allahabad High Court
HUSNA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous.
Summary
The petitioners, Husna and another, filed a writ petition challenging an FIR lodged against them. The learned Standing Counsel, A. K. Singh, informed the court that the FIR had indeed been registered. The court examined the petition and found that the matter had become moot because the FIR was already in place. No substantive hearing on the merits was conducted. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, thereby terminating the proceedings.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition when the underlying FIR has already been lodged against the petitioners?
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous dismissal
- FIR
- criminal procedure
- Allahabad High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 17401 of 2026
Husna And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 4 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Avinash Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Sri A. K. Singh, learned Standing Counsel submits that the FIR has been
lodged against the petitioners.
The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as having become infructuous.
May 5, 2026
MAA/-
(Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD AZAD ANSARI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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