Hon’ble Manish Mathur,J.
Hon’ble Subhash Vidyarthi,J.
(Delivered by Hon’ble Manish Mathur,J.)
1. These petitions have been placed before this Full Bench due to difference of opinion between two Hon’ble Judges earlier hearing the matters.
2. Considering the same, vide order dated 11.12.2018 records were required to be placed before Hon’ble the Chief Justice for nomination of Larger Bench in terms of Chapter VIII Rule 3 of Allahabad High Court Rules 1952 whereafter the Full Bench has been constituted in terms of order dated 13.11.2019 and reconstituted vide order dated 16.8.2023 by Hon’ble the Chief Justice. Vide order dated 12.8.2021, writ petitions No. 1502 (S/B) of 2014 (now Writ A No. 2001502 of 2014) titled Sudhir Mishra versus State of U.P. and others and Writ Petition No.1356 (S/B) of 2015 (now Writ A No. 2001356 of 2015) titled Mukesh Kumar versus State of U.P. and others were directed to be leading petitions of the Bunch. However subsequently Writ Petition No. 1356 (S/B) of 2015 (now Writ A No. 2001356 of 2015) was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 31.1.2020 regarding petitioner No.2 Shobhit Sourav and survives regarding petitioner No.1 Mukesh Kumar and Writ Petition No. 1357 (S/B) of 2015 (now Writ A No. 2001357 of 2015) was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 12.8.2021 pertaining to petitioner No.1 Hirdesh Kumar and survives with regard to petitioner No.2 Himanshu Mishra.