Wasim Akram @ Chote v. State of U.P. through Secretary Home at Lucknow and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Defective jail appeal of Wasim Akram @ Chote (spelled Waseem Akram @ Chhote in ¶13) dismissed by the Allahabad High Court on 16.09.2025 as not maintainable, since the same appellant had already filed Criminal Appeal No. 7677 of 2025 in the registry on 25.10.2024. Single judge: Rajeev Misra, J. Appellant's counsel: Tanisha Jahangir Monir (brief held by Anupam Kumar Shukla); A.G.A. for State of U.P. Keywords: jail appeal, defective appeal, maintainability, duplicate appeal, delay in filing, dismissal.
What did the court decide?
Jail Appeal Defective No. 112 of 2025 (Wasim Akram @ Chote Vs. State of U.P. and 3 Others) is dismissed as being not maintainable, because the appellant had already approached this Court by filing Criminal Appeal No. 7677 of 2025, which was lodged in the registry on 25.10.2024, i.e. prior to the Defective Jail Appeal.