Allahabad High Court
KAJAL DEVI AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous because the FIR has already been lodged.
Summary
Petitioners Kajal Devi and another filed a writ petition challenging actions of the State of Uttar Pradesh and other respondents. The Additional Chief Standing Counsel informed the court that a First Information Report (FIR) had already been lodged in the matter. The court held that the filing of the FIR rendered the writ petition ineffective. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition as infructuous. No substantive merits of the petition were examined.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition when an FIR has already been lodged in the matter?
Subjects
- writ petition
- dismissal
- infructuous
- FIR
- criminal procedure
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 18040 of 2026
Kajal Devi And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 4 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohd. Samiuzzaman Khan, Rashid Ali
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Shourya Singh, Rawant, Advocate has filed vakalatnama on behalf of the
private respondents no. 4 and 5 which is taken on record,
Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that the FIR has been
lodged in the matter.
Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed having become
infructous.
(Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
May 7, 2026
A.
Digitally signed by :-
AFAQ AHMAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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