Patna High Court

Bhulla @ Bhulla KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA

Holding

The bail application was held to be infructuous and therefore dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Bhulla Kumar was arrested while a bail application was pending before the Patna High Court. The petitioner, through counsel, sought permission to withdraw the bail application, arguing that the arrest rendered the application infructuous. The court examined whether the application could be withdrawn under the circumstances. Finding that the arrest indeed made the bail application moot, the court allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, the bail application was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether a bail application can be withdrawn when the petitioner is arrested during the pendency of the proceeding

Subjects

bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
infructuous application

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68507 of 2025
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2025 Thana- VIDYAPATINAGAR District- Samastipur
                  ======================================================
                  Bhulla @ Bhulla Kumar S/o Lallu Sahni R/o Village- Khanua, P.S.-
                  Vidyapatinagar, Dist- Samastipur.                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                  The State of Bihar.                      ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Kumar Praveen, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    06-01-2026                      Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                    parties.

                                 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                    to withdraw this present bail application, as petitioner has been

                    arrested during pendency of present proceeding and, as such, the

                    present application has become infructuous.

                                 3. Request allowed.

                                 4. Accordingly, the present bail application stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn, having become infructuous.



                                           (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J)
veena/-

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