Mohd. Altaf and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; Section 482 BNSS; dismissal for want of prosecution; non-appearance / non-prosecution; loss of interest by applicants; no interim order; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. 13; Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; Criminal Misc. Anticipatory Bail Application U/S 482 BNSS No. 218 of 2025; Mohd. Altaf and another v. State of U.P. thru Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home Lko and 3 others; decided September 18, 2025. Purely procedural dismissal for default — no merits ruling; carries no substantive precedential value for anticipatory bail law.
What did the court decide?
When the case was called out, nobody appeared on behalf of the applicants to press the application, no request for adjournment was made, and the Court observed that the applicants appeared to have lost interest in the matter. ¶11