Rani and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Secrt. Lko. and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: quashing-FIR petition dismissed; charge sheet filed during pendency; writ petition infructuous/lost efficacy; Sections 363, 366 IPC (kidnapping/abduction); FIR Case Crime No.0099/2024; P.S. Jaidpur, District Barabanki; Charge Sheet No.A-295/2024 dated 22.09.2024; petitioner absent at hearing; Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2477 of 2024; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; decided 28 October 2025; coram Rajnish Kumar and Zafeer Ahmad, JJ.; counsel for petitioners Anupam Bajpai and Raj Priya Srivastava; counsel for respondents G.A. and Ambuj Kumar. Useful for advocates assessing whether a pending FIR-quashing writ survives submission of a charge sheet before the Allahabad High Court.
What did the court decide?
The petition challenging the F.I.R. was dismissed as having lost its efficacy because Charge Sheet No.A-295/2024 had been submitted in Court on 22.09.2024.