Patna High Court

ALOK RATANversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 22 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SONI SHRIVASTAVA

Holding

The court allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the application as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners Alok Ratan, Vandana Devi and Dr. A.R. Yadav filed an application in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding arising from a 2016 complaint case. Their counsel, Ms. Shakshi Deep, sought to withdraw the application, citing the advanced stage of the main case and a report on its status. The Hon’ble Justice Smt. Soni Shrivastava considered the request and allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, the court dismissed the application as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal case were addressed in this order.

Issues considered

Whether the court should permit the withdrawal of the pending application filed by the petitioners

Subjects

withdrawal of application
procedural order
criminal miscellaneous proceedings
court discretion

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25637 of 2023
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-317 Year-2016 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE District- Jamui
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             1.    ALOK RATAN son of Late Ghanshyam Prasad Village- haweli Kharagpur
                   West Ajimganj Ps- Haweli Kharagpur Dist- Munger
             2.   Vandana Devi @ Bandana Kumari wife of Amol Ratan Village- haweli
                  Kharagpur West Ajimganj Ps- Haweli Kharagpur Dist- Munger
             3.   Dr. A. R. Yadav @ Amol Ratan son of Late Ghanshyam Prasad Village-
                  haweli Kharagpur West Ajimganj Ps- Haweli Kharagpur Dist- Munger
                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
             1.   The State of Bihar
             2.    Prem Pyari wife of Alok Ratan, D/o- Mahadeo Yadav R/o- Chaain Ps- Jhajha
                   Dist- Jamui
                                                                     ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Bimal Kumar
                  For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
                                        ORAL ORDER

4    22-01-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the

                    learned APP for the State.

                                 2. Ms. Shakshi Deep, learned counsel for the

                    petitioners prays for withdrawal of the present application in

                    view of the advanced stage of the case as would also be evident

                    from a report with regard to the stage of the case available in the

                    records of the present case

                                 3. Prayer is allowed.

                                 4. Accordingly, this application is dismissed as

                    withdrawn.


                                               (Soni Shrivastava, J)
devendra/-
U      T

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