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Patna High Court

Suma Devi and OrsversusState Of Bihar and Anr

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The court may grant permission to withdraw a criminal miscellaneous petition, and it did so in this case.

Summary

The petitioners, Suma Devi, Raj Kumar Mondal and Indu Devi, filed a criminal miscellaneous petition before the Patna High Court seeking permission to withdraw the proceedings. They approached the court on 27-01-2026 through counsel Mr. Neeraj Kumar @ Sanidh and Mr. R.S. Pathak, requesting that the petition be withdrawn. The court considered whether it could grant such permission under procedural law. The learned judge, Justice Shailendra Singh, found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal and granted the petitioners' request. Consequently, the criminal miscellaneous petition was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

  • Whether the court may grant permission to withdraw a criminal miscellaneous petition filed by the petitioners

Subjects

  • withdrawal of criminal petition
  • criminal miscellaneous proceedings
  • procedural law
  • high court order

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67234 of 2018
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-136 Year-2017 Thana- MORKAHI District- Khagaria
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           1.     Suma Devi, W/o Late Surya Narayan Mondal
           2.    Raj Kumar Mondal, S/o Late Surya Narayan Mondal
           3.    Indu Devi W/o Raj Kumar Mondal All Resident of Village-Madar (North)
                 Police Station- Morkahi, Distt.-Khagaria
                                                                      ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Sulochana Devi W/o Ramesh Mondal All Resident of Village-Madar (North)
                 Police Station Morkahi,Distt.-Khagaria

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s    :        Mr. Neeraj Kumar @ Sanidh, Advocate
                                                  Mr. R.S. Pathak, Advocate
                 For the State           :        Mr. Rajesh Kumar, APP
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   27-01-2026                     Mr. Neeraj Kumar @ Sanidh, learned counsel for the
                   petitioners, seeks permission to withdraw the present criminal
                   miscellaneous petition.
                                  2. Permission as sought above is granted.
                                  3. In the result, the present criminal miscellaneous
                   petition stands dismissed as withdrawn.



                                             (Shailendra Singh, J)
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