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Patna High Court

Ravi Shankar SahaniversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal and dismissed the restoration application as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Ravi Shankar Sahani, filed a restoration application in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding arising from a 2010 case. During the hearing on 3 April 2026, the petitioner’s counsel expressed difficulty in continuing the application and sought permission to withdraw it. The court, after hearing the counsel, granted permission to withdraw the application. Consequently, the restoration application was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original criminal matter were addressed, and the court’s order was limited to the procedural withdrawal.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner may withdraw the restoration application in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding

Subjects

  • withdrawal of application
  • restoration
  • criminal procedure
  • high court

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21783 of 2026
                                              In
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10681 of 2018
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-420 Year-2010 Thana- AHIYAPUR District- Muzaffarpur
                 ======================================================
                 Ravi Shankar Sahani, S/o Harendra Sahani, R/V Baghi, PS Darpa, Dist. - East
                 Champaran
                                                                          ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
           1.     The State of Bihar
           2.     Nirmal Prasad Kushwaha, S/o Late Nathuni Bhagat, R/v Kalyanpur, PS -
                  Motipur, A/P Town Kolhuwa, PS - Ahiyapur, Dist. - Muzaffarpur
                                                                     ... ... Opposite Party/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, A.P.P.
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   03-04-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned A.P.P. for the State.

                                2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, after some

                   argument realizing his difficulty, seeks permission to withdraw

                   the restoration application.

                                3. Permission is accorded.

                                4. Accordingly,        the     restoration        application         is

                   dismissed as withdrawn.


                                                                        (Satyavrat Verma, J)

Kundan/-

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