Patna High Court

BASUDEV CHAUDHARY @ BASUDEV CHAUDHRY @ BASUDEV CHAUDHARIversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 April 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal of the application and disposed of it as withdrawn without addressing the merits.

Summary

The petitioners, a group of residents from Morma village, filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking to withdraw that application so that they could raise all points, including a specific ground, at the time of charge framing. The petitioners' counsel requested permission for withdrawal, and the State of Bihar opposed. Justice Praveen Kumar granted the petitioners' request, allowing the withdrawal and disposing of the application as withdrawn. The court explicitly stated that it did not express any opinion on the merits of the underlying case. Consequently, the matter was left to be addressed at the charge‑framing stage.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate procedure for a party to withdraw an application pending before the High Court?
Can the court grant permission to withdraw an application without adjudicating its merits?

Subjects

withdrawal of application
criminal procedure
charge framing
procedural law
high court order

Judgment

         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.59648 of 2025
            Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2024 Thana- ROH District- Nawada
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1.    BASUDEV CHAUDHARY @ BASUDEV CHAUDHRY @ BASUDEV
      CHAUDHARI S/O RAMESHWAR CHAUDHARY R/o vill - Morma, P.S. -
      Roh, Distt.- Nawada
2.   Devnandan Prasad S/o Late Bundi Mahto R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh,
     Distt.- Nawada
3.   Mukesh Yadav @ Aman Kumar S/o Kishori Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. -
     Roh, Distt.- Nawada
4.   Ugreen Yadav @ Ugreen Kumar NA R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
     Nawada
5.   Pappu Yadav @ Shankar Kumar S/o Ramotar Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. -
     Roh, Distt.- Nawada
6.   Ranjit Kumar S/o Baso Mahto R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
7.   Karmu Yadav S/o Shital Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
8.   Suresh Prasad @ Sursh Mahto @ Sursh Prasad Kushmakar S/o Bundi Mahto
     @ Bhuneshwar Prasad R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
9.   Bihari @ Bihari Yadav @ Bind Bihari Yadav S/o Karmu Yadav R/o vill -
     Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
10. Manohar Kumar @ Manohar Yadav S/o Kishori Yadav @ Kishori Prasad
    R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
11. Indradev Kushwaha @ Indradev Prasad Kushwaha S/o Visheswar Mahto
    R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
12. Dhaneshwar Prasad @ Dhaneshwar Yadav S/o Kishori Prasad @ Kishori
    Mahto R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
13. Chandan Kumar Verma S/o Ashok Saw R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
    Nawada
14. Kundan Kumar Verma S/o Ashok Saw R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
    Nawada
15. Manorma Devi W/o Ashok Saw R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
    Nawada
16. Umesh Yadav @ Umakant Prasad S/o Ramcharan Yadav R/o vill - Morma,
    P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
17. Arvind Prasad Verma S/o Basudev Prasad R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh,
    Distt.- Nawada
18. Shivbalak Mistri S/o Kuleshwar Mistri R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
    Nawada
19. Karu Yada @ Ranjan Prasad Yadav S/o Parmeshwar Yadav @ Avadh Kishor
    Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
20. Vijay Mahto S/o Daso Mahto R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
21. Nandelal Saw @ Nandlal Saw NA R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
          Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.59648 of 2025(2) dt.06-04-2026
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                  Nawada
            22. Upendra Prasad Yadav @ Upendra Kumar S/o Hari Yadav @ Hari Prasad
                R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
            23. Avadh Kishor Yadav @ Avadh Kishor Prasad S/o Bundi Yadav R/o vill -
                Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
            24. Narsingh Yadav S/o Shito Yadav @ Sitaram Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. -
                Roh, Distt.- Nawada
            25. Maheshwar Yadav S/o Ramu Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S. - Roh, Distt.-
                Nawada
            26. Karu Yadav @ Ranjan Prasad Yadav S/o Avadh Yadav R/o vill - Morma, P.S.
                 - Roh, Distt.- Nawada
                                                                        ... ... Petitioners
                                               Versus
                The State of Bihar
                                                                  ... ... Opposite Party
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Krishna Deo Raj
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr.Murli Dhar
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   06-04-2026                   Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the very outset,

                    prays for withdrawal of this application so as to raise all the

                    points available to him including the ground raised in this

                    application at the time of framing of charge.

                                 2. Permission is granted.
                                 3. This application is disposed of as withdrawn with
                    the liberty aforesaid.
                                 4. It is made clear that this court has not expressed

                    any opinion on the merits of the case.



                                               (Praveen Kumar, J)
Pawan/-

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