Master Ayush (Minor) and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
Habeas Corpus – Minor corpus – Petition dismissed as infructuous
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 654 of 2023, Master Ayush (minor) v. State of U.P. & others; decided May 5, 2026 by Sandeep Jain, J.; petition dismissed as infructuous on counsel's statement that the minor corpus and his mother (petitioner No.2 Smt. Sunita Devi) now reside with respondent No.5 Dharmendra Kumar, the corpus's father; no substantive adjudication, no statutes or precedents discussed.
What did the court decide?
Acting on the statement of learned counsel for the petitioners that the corpus Master Ayush and petitioner No.2 are now living with respondent No.5, the Court held that the habeas corpus petition had become infructuous and dismissed it. ¶10