Patna High Court

Ankit Kumar MandalversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 3 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SATYAVRAT VERMA

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal and dismissed the modification application as withdrawn.

Summary

Ankit Kumar Mandal filed a criminal miscellaneous petition before the Patna High Court seeking a modification of the proceedings. The petitioner later moved the court for permission to withdraw the modification application. The court, after hearing counsel, exercised its inherent jurisdiction to allow the withdrawal. Consequently, the modification application was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original petition were addressed, and the matter was concluded on procedural grounds.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner is entitled to withdraw the modification application under the provisions of criminal procedure

Subjects

withdrawal of application
modification application
criminal procedure
procedural law

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23314 of 2026
                                               In
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59639 of 2024
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-29 Year-2024 Thana- MADHEPUR District- Madhubani
                  ======================================================
                  Ankit Kumar Mandal Suman Mandal vill Bhour PS Ghanshyampur dist
                  darbhanga

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                  The State of Bihar

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Baleshwar Kamat
                  For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Nand Kumar
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                        ORAL ORDER

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

                    learned APP for the State.

                              2.    Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset,

                    seeks permission to withdraw the modification application.

                              3.    Permission is accorded.

                              4.    Accordingly,      the    modification       application         is

                    dismissed as withdrawn.



                                               (Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sumit/-

U         T

Continue reading with your account

Checking your session…

Lawyer court records for this case

Associated through the court’s case reference.