Sunil Lodhi v. State of U.P. and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Appeal No. 1045 of 2020, Sunil Lodhi v. State of U.P. & Anr., High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), decided 17.7.2025 by Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania, J. Appeal under Section 14-A(2) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 against rejection of bail application by order dated 17.04.2019. Dismissed for non-prosecution due to absence of appellant and counsel and loss of interest; appeal pending since 2020. Keywords: bail appeal, non-prosecution dismissal, SC/ST Act Section 14-A(2), vigilance maxims, Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium.
What did the court decide?
None; the appeal was dismissed for non-prosecution. ¶6