Patna High Court

Rana ChatterjeeversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 19 January 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: SONI SHRIVASTAVA

Holding

The application was dismissed as not pressed.

Summary

Rana Chatterjee filed an application before the Patna High Court in a criminal miscellaneous case. The petitioner’s counsel, Mr. Akshansh Ankit, informed the court that he did not wish to press the application. The court noted the counsel’s submission and dismissed the application as not pressed. No substantive merits of the case were considered. The dismissal was procedural, based solely on the petitioner’s decision not to pursue the application.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate course of action when the petitioner’s counsel indicates that the application should not be pressed?

Subjects

application dismissal
procedural
court order

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20699 of 2019
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-566 Year-2016 Thana- SIWAN COMPLAINT CASE District-
                                                           Siwan
                  ======================================================
                  Rana Chatterjee S/o Late Gopal Chandra Chatterjee Permanent resident of
                  Manorma Market Shradhanand Bazar Siwan, P.S.- Siwan Town, District-
                  Siwan

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
            1.    The State of Bihar
            2.    Awadh Kishore Prasad S/o Late Dhanush Dhari Prasad R/o village-
                  Khusiyal Dumri, P.S.- Jamo Bazar, District- Siwan, presently residing at
                  Malbiya Nagar Nai Basti Mahdeva, P.S.- Siwan, District- Siwan

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Akshansh Ankit, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Harendra Prasad, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    19-01-2026                  At the very outset, Mr. Akshansh Ankit, learned

                    counsel for the petitioner submits that he does not want to press

                    this application.

                                 2. Accordingly, this application is dismissed as not

                    pressed.


                                               (Soni Shrivastava, J)

Trivedi/-

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