CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 23543 of 2023 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:128339 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 23543 of 2023 Applicant :- Sahab Singh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Pankaj Goswami Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. Sri Ashutosh Srivastava, learned A.G.A. is present. 2. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.42 of 2023, under Section 302 I.P.C., Police Station Shamshabad, District Agra, during the pendency of trial. 3. The instant bail application was filed on 20.05.2023 and none was present on behalf of the applicant to press it on 3.8.2023, 26.11.2024, 5.2.2025, 1.7.2025, 23.7.2025 and so is the case today. 4. It is observed by this Court that advocates are not appearing in majority of listed cases that too on multiple dates. Non-appearance of the counsel for the applicant amounts to professional misconduct. It also tantamount to bench hunting or forum shopping. 5. The Supreme Court in Ishwarlal Mali Rathod v. Gopal, (2021) 12 SCC 612 has categorically held that courts shall not grant the adjournments in routine manner and mechanically and shall not be a party to cause for delay in dispensing the just