Patna High Court

RAMNATH SAHNI @ RAMU SAHNIversusTHE STATE OF BIHAR

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

Holding

The application was disposed of as not pressed.

Summary

The petitioner, Ramnath Sahni, filed an application before the Patna High Court. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner informed the court that the evidence in the main case had already commenced, and therefore he would not press the application. The court considered the submission that the application was no longer required. Consequently, the judge disposed of the application on the ground that it was not pressed. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal case were addressed. The order was delivered orally on 20-01-2026 by Justice Sourendra Pandey.

Issues considered

Whether the application should be entertained when the petitioner indicates it is not being pressed

Subjects

application disposal
procedural law
evidence commencement
court order

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4044 of 2024
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-164 Year-2022 Thana- DESARI District- Vaishali
                  ======================================================
                  Ramnath Sahni @ Ramu Sahni, Son Of Kailu Sahni, Resident Of Village -
                  Chainpur Nankar, P.S. - Desari, District - Vaishali (Bihar)

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

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Binay Krishna, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    20-01-2026                  After some arguments, learned counsel for the

                    petitioner submits that since the evidence has already been

                    started in the present case, he shall not be pressing the

                    application.

                                 2. The present application stands disposed off as not

                    pressed.



                                               (Sourendra Pandey, J)
manoj/-

U         T

Continue reading with your account

Checking your session…

Lawyer court records for this case

Associated through the court’s case reference.