Allahabad High Court

SMT RAJNI AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS

Decided: 29 September 2026
Bench: GAUTAM CHOWDHARY

Holding

The petition is dismissed as not maintainable because the same matter is already pending under MU A S 491/2026.

Summary

The petitioners, Smt. Rajni and another, filed a writ petition (Writ‑C No. 39638 of 2026) before the Allahabad High Court challenging the actions of the State of U.P. and others. The respondents contended that the matter had already been registered as MU A S 491/2026 under Sections 87 and 137(2) of the B.N.S. at the Bareilly police station. The learned permanent advocate argued that because the same cause of action was pending in the earlier case, the present petition was not maintainable. The Court examined the pleadings and the claim of prior registration. Concluding that the petition duplicated an existing proceeding, the Court held that the writ petition was not maintainable and ordered its dismissal.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition is maintainable when the same cause of action is already pending under MU A S 491/2026.
Whether the existence of a prior registration under Sections 87 and 137(2) of the B.N.S. warrants dismissal of the present petition.

Legislation cited

B.N.S. — s. 137(2), 87

Subjects

writ petition
maintainability
duplicate proceeding
Section 87
Section 137(2)
procedural law
dismissal

Judgment

                                                HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                                 WRIT - C No. - 39638 of 2026

                                    Smt Rajni And Another
                                                                                                              .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                               Versus

                                    State Of U.P. And 3 Others
                                                                                                            .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)              : Anuj Mishra, Awadhesh Kumar Pandey
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)              : C.S.C.

                                    Court No. - 75
                                                     HON'BLE DR. GAUTAM CHOWDHARY, J.

                                    याचीगण के विद्वान अधिवक्ता व विद्वान स्थायी अधिवक्ता को सुना एवं पत्रावली का परिशीलन
                                    किया।

                                    विद्वान स्थायी अधिवक्ता का कथन है इस प्रश्नगत प्रकरण मु०अ०सं० 491/2026, धारा 87,
                                    137(2) बी.एन.एस., थाना आवंला, जनपद बरेली में पंजीकृत हो चुकी है। इसलिए, यह
                                    याचिका पोषणीय नहीं है तथा निरस्त किये जाने योग्य है।

                                    तद्नुसार, उपरोक्त तर्कों के परिप्रेक्ष्य में इस याचिका को निरस्त किया जाता है।


                                                                                             (Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.)
                                    September 30, 2026
                                    CP.sahani




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CHANDRA PRAKASH SAHANI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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