Ram Gopal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Govt. Lko. and Others
Maintainability – second writ petition
Case brief
What is this about?
Ram Gopal v. State of U.P. & Others, Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10137 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, decided December 15, 2025 (Rajnish Kumar, J. and Zafeer Ahmad, JJ.). Second writ petition challenging the same F.I.R. held not maintainable after the first writ petition was dismissed with liberty to pursue other remedies (order dated 10.10.2025); petition dismissed. Keywords: second writ petition, maintainability, preliminary objection, same relief, F.I.R., anticipatory bail order not disclosed, liberty to withdraw and approach trial court, Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022) 10 SCC 51.
What did the court decide?
A second writ petition seeking the same relief, i.e. challenging the same F.I.R., is not maintainable, as liberty was granted to the petitioner to pursue any other remedy available to him under law in regard to the impugned F.I.R.