Dismissed¶12
Anuj Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Another
Allahabad HCWRIC/4486/2026
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Writ petition (WRIT - C No. 4486 of 2026, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided 04.05.2026, Jaspreet Singh, J.) dismissed on ground of alternative statutory remedy; impugned order dated 07.01.2026 held appealable under Section 18 of the Arms Act; petitioner Anuj Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P.; liberty granted to file appeal, to be decided on own merits; no precedent cited; short order disposing of petition at admission stage on maintainability/alternative-remedy objection raised by Standing Counsel.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to take recourse of the statutory remedy of filing of the appeal (under Section 18 of the Arms Act), with the assurance that any such appeal shall be decided on its own merits. ¶12