Patna High Court

PRATIMA @ PRATIBHA SRIVASTAVAversusTHE STATE OF BIHAR

Decided: 3 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The Court granted permission to withdraw the application and dismissed it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners, Pratima @ Pratibha Srivastava and Shambhu Srivastav, filed an application in the Patna High Court in a criminal miscellaneous matter. The petitioner sought the Court's permission to withdraw the application. The Court, after hearing counsel, granted the request and dismissed the application as withdrawn, expressly stating that it did not consider the merits of the case. No substantive issues on the underlying criminal matter were addressed. The order was pronounced by Justice Praveen Kumar.

Issues considered

Whether the Court should grant permission to withdraw the pending application

Subjects

withdrawal of application
procedural order
criminal miscellaneous
patent high court

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46223 of 2024
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2023 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE District-
                                                            Patna
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              1.    Pratima @ Pratibha Srivastava Wife Of Shambhu Srivastav Resident Of
                    Mohalla - Road No. 2, Vijay Nagar, Hanuman Nagar, P.S. - Patrakar Nagar,
                    P.O. - Patrakar Nagar, District - Patna (BIHAR)
              2.   Shambhu Srivastav @ Shambhu Sharan Srivastava Son Of Late
                   Sachidanand Prasad Resident Of Mohalla - Road No. 2, Vijay Nagar,
                   Hanuman Nagar, P.S. - Patrakar Nagar, P.O. - Patrakar Nagar, District -
                   Patna (BIHAR)
                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
              1.   The State of Bihar
              2.    Prabhat Kumar Sinha Son of Late Awdesh Kumar Resident Of Mohalla -
                    Sindhi Ghat, Khajekala, Patna City, Patna, Bihar
                                                                     ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s     :     Mr. Alok Chandra, Advocate
                   For the Opposite Party/s :     Ms. Anita Kumari, APP
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                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                         ORAL ORDER

2     03-04-2026                    Heard the parties.

                                  2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the

                     petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application.

                                  3. Permission is accorded.

                                  4. Accordingly, the present application is dismissed as

                     withdrawn.

                                  5. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any

                     opinion on the merits of the case.



                                                (Praveen Kumar, J)
Jyoti/-

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