Patna High Court

NIKHAT PRAVEEN @ NIKAHAT PRAVEEN @ NIKHATH PARVEENversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 19 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SONI SHRIVASTAVA

Holding

The court allowed the withdrawal of the application, disposing it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Nikhat Praveen, filed an application before the Patna High Court in a criminal miscellaneous matter against the State of Bihar. During the hearing on 19-01-2026, counsel for the petitioner sought to withdraw the application, stating that the case had progressed and the petitioner wished to raise all arguments at a later, appropriate stage. The court considered the request and, finding no impediment, allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, the application was disposed of as withdrawn, granting the petitioner liberty to present his arguments later. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal case were addressed in this order.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the pending application seeking liberty to raise arguments at a later stage

Subjects

withdrawal of application
procedural law
criminal miscellaneous
court order

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47128 of 2022
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3 Year-2020 Thana- BITHAN District- Samastipur
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                  Nikhat Praveen @ Nikahat Praveen @ Nikhath Parveen W/o Md. Asadullah
                  @ Mohammed Asadulla Quadri Resident of Salaha Bajurga, P.S.- Bithan,
                  District- Samastipur at present residing at 60 Market Road, B Kanatur,
                  Balenoopur, Chickmagalur, Pincode- 577112, Karnatka.
                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                  The State of Bihar
                                                                     ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Rabindra Kumar Priyadarshi
                  For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Shantanu Kumar
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    19-01-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the

                    learned APP for the State.

                                 2. After some arguments, learned counsel for the

                    petitioner prays for withdrawal of the present application as the

                    stage of the case has advanced in order to seek a liberty to raise

                    all his arguments at the appropriate stage of the case.

                                 3. Prayer is allowed.

                                 4. Accordingly, this application is disposed of as

                    withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty.



                                               (Soni Shrivastava, J)
devendra/-

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