Shahnawaz Ashraf And Ors. v. The State Of Jharkhand And Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous-petition dismissal: Cr.M.P. No. 857 of 2017, High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, decided 11.06.2024. Petitioners Shahnawaz Ashraf, Faiyaz Alam Ansari, Irshad Ansari @ Md. Irshad Alam Ansari, Tarannum Sabreen @ Tarannum Sabri and Tamanna Shadab versus The State of Jharkhand and Zainab Parveen. Concerned C.P. Case No. 2602 of 2015 pending before the Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. Dismissed as infructuous after counsel for both sides concurred that the petitioners had already been acquitted. No substantive-law holding, statute citation or precedent treatment; useful chiefly as an example of disposal of a criminal miscellaneous petition rendered otiose by subsequent acquittal.
What did the court decide?
As the petitioners have already been acquitted, this petition stands dismissed as infructuous.