Patna High Court

Ram Balak SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 20 January 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: SOURENDRA PANDEY

Holding

The petition was dismissed as it had become infructuous.

Summary

Ram Balak Singh filed a petition in the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and Ranjit Prasad. The petitioner sought relief, but during the proceedings counsel submitted that the application had become infructuous. The court examined whether the petition could still be entertained. Finding that the petition no longer had any operative purpose, the judge held it to be infructuous. Consequently, the petition was dismissed. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether the petition is maintainable when it has become infructuous

Subjects

criminal procedure
infructuous petition
petition dismissed
high court
procedural law

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3684 of 2024
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2023 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur
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                  Ram Balak Singh, S/o Late Ram Jivan Singh, R/o Shiv Nath Pur, P.S.-
                  Bibhutipur, District – Samastipur.

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                  1. The State of Bihar
                  2. Ranjit Prasad, A/o- Late Rameshwar Mahto, R/o-Vill-Virsahiya, Ward No.
                  07, P.S.- Bibhutipur, District – Samastipur.

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Shubhesh Pandey, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    20-01-2026                  Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                    present application has become infructuous.

                                 2. The petition stands dismissed as having become

                    infructuous.



                                               (Sourendra Pandey, J)
krishna/-

U       T

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