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Patna High Court

PANKAJ AGRAWALversusThe Union opf India through the Directorate of Enforcement through its Authorised Officer Under the

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The application is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Pankaj Agrawal, filed an application in the Patna High Court seeking permission to withdraw the application on behalf of his counsel, Mr. Madhukar Anand. The learned counsel, Mr. Amritanshu Udhava, made the request, citing the advanced stage of the proceedings. The Court considered whether such a withdrawal could be permitted at that stage. It held that the application could be treated as withdrawn and dismissed it accordingly. The Court further directed that the petitioner may raise any arguments at the appropriate later stage.

Issues considered

  • Whether permission to withdraw an application can be granted at the advanced stage of the proceedings

Subjects

  • procedural law
  • withdrawal of application
  • high court order
  • criminal miscellaneous

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5053 of 2022
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2017 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP.
                                                        District- Patna
                  ======================================================
                  PANKAJ AGRAWAL Son of Sri Shyamlal Agrawal Resident of 7C, 7th
                  Floor, Heritage Saijan Tower, 188 B, Manickhtalla Main Road, P.S.- Phool
                  Bagan, Kolkata- 700054.

                                                                           ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                  The Union of India through the Directorate of Enforcement through its
                  Authorised Officer Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002,
                  First Floor, Chandpura,Bank Road, west Gandhi Maidan, Patna.

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner     :      Mr. Madhukar Anand, Advocate
                                                Mr. Shubham Kumar Singh, Advocate
                                                Mr. Amritanshu Udhava, Advocate
                  For the E.D.          :       Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate
                                                Mr. Raghav Kumar, Advocate
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA
                                        ORAL ORDER

9    20-01-2026                   Mr. Amritanshu Udhava, learned counsel, seeks

                    permission to withdraw this application on behalf of Mr.

                    Madhukar Anand, learned counsel for the petitioner, on account

                    of the stage of the case has advanced.

                                  2. In such view of the matter, this application is

                    dismissed as withdrawn. However, the petitioner may raise all

                    his arguments at the appropriate stage.


                                             (Soni Shrivastava, J)

Trivedi/-

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