Patna High Court

Shiv Narayan SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 31 March 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The Court dismissed the application as withdrawn, having granted permission to the petitioners to withdraw it.

Summary

The petitioners, comprising Shiv Narayan Singh, Smita Singh and Pramod Kumar Singh, filed an application in the Patna High Court in a criminal miscellaneous matter arising from a police case in Bhagalpur. The State of Bihar and Priti Kumari were opposite parties. During the hearing on 31-03-2026, the petitioners’ counsel sought permission to withdraw the application. The Court, after hearing the parties, granted permission to withdraw and dismissed the application as withdrawn, expressly noting that it did not express any opinion on the merits of the underlying case. No substantive issues on the merits were addressed, and the order was limited to procedural withdrawal.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioners may withdraw their pending application before the High Court?

Subjects

withdrawal of application
procedural order
criminal miscellaneous
high court

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5365 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-13 Year-2024 Thana- NAUGACHIA MAHILA P.S. District-
                                                          Bhagalpur
                   ======================================================
              1.    Shiv Narayan Singh Son of Late Anandi Prasad Singh Resident of Village -
                    Mahadatpur, P.O. - Jamunia, P.S. - Naugachia, District - Bhagalpur.
              2.   Smita Singh Wife of Pramod Kumar Singh Resident of Flat No. 2/a, Second
                   Floor Aastha Sneh Apartment, Jharkhand - 828130
              3.   Pramod Kumar Singh Son of Ambika Prasad Resident of Flat No. 2/a,
                   Second Floor Aastha Sneh Apartment, Jharkhand - 828130
                                                                          ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
              1.   The State of Bihar
              2.    Priti Kumari Wife of Ashwani Kumar Resident of Village - Rajendra
                    Colony, Ward No.11, P.S. - Naugachia, District - Bhagalpur
                                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                   ======================================================
                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s     :     Mr. Harshvardhan Na, Advocate
                   For the Opposite Party/s :     Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP
                   ======================================================
                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                         ORAL ORDER

2     31-03-2026                    Heard the parties.

                                  2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the

                     petitioners 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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