Patna High Court

Tetari DeviversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 16 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The court held that the case is to be disposed of as infructuous.

Summary

Tetari Devi was the petitioner in a criminal miscellaneous case before the Patna High Court. During the pendency of the proceedings, she was arrested, leading her counsel to argue that the case had become infructuous. The petitioner sought disposal of the matter on that ground. The court considered the submission that an arrest renders the pending criminal case moot. No detailed reasoning was recorded beyond the acknowledgment of the petitioner's claim. Accordingly, the court disposed of the case as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the criminal case should be disposed of as infructuous because the petitioner was arrested during its pendency

Subjects

criminal procedure
infructuous case
arrest
case disposal
high court

Judgment

                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23608 of 2026
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-15 Year-2026 Thana- NAURANGIA District- West Champaran
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                    Tetari Devi S/O Ramnath Uraon R/O Village- Madanpur, P.S- Naurangia,
                    Distt.- West Champaran.

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

                                                           ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                    Appearance :
                    For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Arvind Kumar
                    For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Veena Kumari Jaiswal
                    ======================================================
                    CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                          ORAL ORDER

2      16-04-2026                    The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                      during the pendency of this case, the petitioner has already been

                      arrested and, therefore, this case has become infructuous. He,

                      accordingly, prays that the present case may be disposed of as

                      having become infructuous.

                                   2. For the reasons stated above, the case is disposed of

                      as having become infructuous.



                                                 (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
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