Smt. Seema Devi v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court DB, CRIMINAL MISC. WRIT PETITION 2234 of 2025 (2025:AHC:18253-DB), decided 7.2.2025 by Siddharth and Praveen Kumar Giri, JJ. Petitioner Smt. Seema Devi (Mohd. Asif) v. State of U.P. and 2 Ors. (G.A.). Challenge to order dated 17.01.2025 of Special Court (Crime Made Property Acquisition)/Police Commissioner, Gautam Buddh Nagar under Section 14(1) of U.P. Gangsters Act, 1986 in Case No. 11/24 (State Vs. Kushal Pal), Case Crime No. 488 of 2022, Section 2/3, P.S. Jewar. Petitioner claimed divorced-wife status; court declined writ jurisdiction citing Section 15 remedy; petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
The Court refused to exercise its writ jurisdiction in view of the remedy available to the petitioner under Section 15 of the Act, 1986, and dismissed the writ petition without adjudicating the attachment question raised.