Allahabad High Court
AFREEN AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- GAUTAM CHOWDHARY
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the FIR has already been lodged.
Summary
The petitioners, Afreen and another, filed a writ petition challenging actions of the State of Uttar Pradesh and three other respondents. Respondent No.4, represented by Advocate R.K. Tiwari, submitted a vakalatnama stating that a First Information Report (FIR) had already been lodged in the matter, rendering the petition moot. The petitioners' counsel, Mohammad Abid Ali and Mohd Irteqa, did not contest this submission. The court accepted the submission that the existence of the FIR made the petition infructuous. Consequently, the court dismissed the petition as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition becomes infructuous when an FIR has already been lodged in the matter.
Subjects
- Writ petition
- Infructuous
- FIR
- Dismissal
- Procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 38769 of 2026
Afreen And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Uttar Pradesh And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Mohammad Abid Ali, Mohd Irteqa
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 75
HON'BLE DR. GAUTAM CHOWDHARY, J.
1. Shri R. K. Tiwari, Advocate, has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of
respondent No. 4, which is taken on record. He submits that in the instant
matter F.I.R. has already been lodged, and therefore, the instant petition
has become infructuous.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners could not dispute the aforesaid
submissions made by learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel.
3. In view of above, the instant petition has become infructuous and is
accordingly dismissed.
(Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.)
September 24, 2026
Mustaqeem.
Digitally signed by :-
MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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