HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 5737 of 2017 Court No. - 76 HON'BLE SAMIT GOPAL, J. 1. List revised. 2. No one appears on behalf of the appellant to press this appeal despite the fact that there are four learned counsels appearing in the matter. 3. Heard Sri Ajay Singh, learned AGA-I for the State/O.P. No.1 and perused the record. 4. This criminal appeal under Section 14A(2) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has been filed by the appellant Dileep Gaud with the prayer to allow the appeal by setting aside the order dated 26.07.2017 passed by learned Special Judge / Additional Session Judge, Siddharth Nagar in Bail Application No. 514 of 2017 (Dileep Gaud Vs. State of U.P), arising out of Case Crime No. 453 of 2017, under Section 376, 511, 452, 504, 506 IPC and Section 7/8 POCSO Act, 2012 and Section 3(1)(12) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Dumariyaganj, District Siddharth Nagar and with a further prayer to grant bail to the appellant in the aforesaid case. 5. Learned counsel for the State submits that the trial in the present matter has concluded and the appellant has been released from jail on 21.12.2018 and as such the present appeal become infructuous and be dismissed as such. 6. Prayer is allowed. 7. The appeal is dismissed as infructuous. Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of. 8. Office to communicate this order to the District and Sessions Judge, Siddharth Nagar and the concerned trial court within one week. September 18, 2026 M. ARIF Versus Counsel for Appellant(s) : Afshan Shafaut, Bipin Kumar Tripathi, Dharnidhar Pandey, Kamal Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : G.A. (Samit Gopal,J.) Dileep Gaud .....Appellant(s) State Of U.P. And 2 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD ARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad