Patna High Court

Lakshmi Mahto @ Keshav Mahto @ Keshav KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 10 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SATYAVRAT VERMA

Holding

The Court held that a petitioner may be allowed to withdraw a pending modification application, and accordingly dismissed the application as withdrawn.

Summary

Lakshmi Mahto filed a criminal miscellaneous petition before the Patna High Court seeking modification of an order. The State of Bihar opposed the petition. During the hearing on 10-04-2026, counsel for the petitioner requested permission to withdraw the pending modification application. The Court, after hearing arguments, granted the petitioner's request. Consequently, the modification application was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether a petitioner may be permitted to withdraw a pending modification application in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding

Subjects

withdrawal of application
modification application
criminal miscellaneous petition
procedural law
Patna High Court

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24882 of 2026
                                               In
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68132 of 2025
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-31 Year-2025 Thana- DALSINGHSARAI District- Samastipur
                  ======================================================
                  Lakshmi Mahto @ Keshav Mahto @ Keshav Kumar S/O Ramchandra Mahto
                  R/O Village- Mokhtiyarpur Salkhani, P.S.- Dalsinghsarai, Dist.- Samastipur.

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

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Mahendra Pratap
                  For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    10-04-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the

                    learned APP for the State.

                                 2.    Learned counsel for the petitioner after some

                    argument seeks permission to withdraw the modification

                    application.

                                 3. Permission is accorded.

                                 4. The modification application is dismissed as

                    withdrawn.



                                               (Satyavrat Verma, J)
amit/-

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