Patna High Court

Gaurav Kumar SinghversusAnjali Singh

Decided: 8 January 2026
Disposal: CONVERTED
Bench: S B P SINGH

Holding

The civil miscellaneous application is converted into a criminal revision.

Summary

The petitioner, Gaurav Kumar Singh, filed a civil miscellaneous application against his wife, Anjali Singh. The matter was heard on 8 January 2026. The court, referring to a Full Bench decision in Dr. Dilip Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2024), ordered that the civil application be converted into a criminal revision. The conversion was made to align the proceedings with the appropriate criminal jurisdiction. The matter was then listed before the appropriate roster bench for further hearing.

Issues considered

Whether a civil miscellaneous application may be converted into a criminal revision under the precedent of Dr. Dilip Kumar vs. State of Bihar.

Subjects

civil miscellaneous jurisdiction
criminal revision
procedural conversion
jurisdictional order

Judgment

                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                       CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS JURISDICTION No.469 of 2025
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                 Gaurav Kumar Singh S/o Shiv Charan Singh, resident of Vill-Ward No. 15,
                 Gandhi Nagar, P.S.-Chandauli, District-Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh.

                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
                 Anjali Singh Wife of Gaurav Kumar Singh, Daughter of Satyendra Singh,
                 Resident of Vill-Sihoriyan, P.S.-Chand, Dist.-Kaimur (Bhabhua), Bihar.

                                                           ... ... Respondent/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s   :       Mr.Dhananjay Kumar
                 For the Respondent/s   :       Mr.Niraj Kumar
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   08-01-2026                 Heard learned counsel for both the parties.

                               2. Let the present civil miscellaneous application be

                   converted into Criminal Revision in view of Full Bench

                   decision dated 22.11.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. 6740 of 2016

                   (Dr. Dilip Kumar vs. State of Bihar and Anr.).

                               3. List this matter before the concerned Roster Bench.



                                            (S. B. Pd. Singh, J)
Ankit Kumar/-

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