Patna High Court
Bharti SinhaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- WITHDRAWN
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
The court permitted the withdrawal of the bail application and directed the petitioner to surrender and apply for regular bail, which will be considered on its merits.
Summary
Bharti Sinha, the petitioner, filed a bail application in a criminal miscellaneous case arising from a 2020 FIR. She later sought the court's permission to withdraw that bail application, surrender herself within four weeks, and subsequently apply for regular bail. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner and the Additional Public Prosecutor appeared before the Patna High Court. The court granted permission to withdraw the bail application, directing the petitioner to surrender and file for regular bail, which would be heard on its merits on the same day. The order emphasized that the petitioner would not be prejudiced by any observations in the present order.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner may withdraw her bail application and be allowed to surrender before the lower court within a stipulated period and subsequently seek regular bail
Subjects
- bail
- withdrawal of bail application
- regular bail
- surrender
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22911 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-191 Year-2020 Thana- SARAIYA District- Muzaffarpur
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Bharti Sinha Wife of Abhay Kumar @ Abhay Kumar Singh R/o Village -
Repura Rampur Balli, P.S. - Jaitpur, Dist. - Muzaffarpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jitendra Pd. Singh, Sr. Advocate
Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Advocate
Mr. Varun Krishna Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kalyan Shankar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 17-04-2026 Heard Mr. Jitendra Pd. Singh, learned senior
counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Kalyan Shankar, Additional
Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. After some arguments, learned counsel for the
petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this bail application
with a liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned
Court below within a period of four weeks from today and seek
regular bail.
3. Permission is accorded.
4. The application is dismissed as withdrawn with the
liberty that the petitioner surrenders and seeks regular bail
before the learned Court below, the same shall be considered on
the same day on its own merit in accordance with law and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22911 of 2026(2) dt.17-04-2026
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without being prejudiced by any observation in the present
order.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
Vanisha/-
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