Patna High Court

Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Chaudhary @ Suraj Kumar RajversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 6 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY

Holding

The application is dismissed as infructuous because bail has already been granted to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Suraj Kumar, was implicated in a criminal case (PS Case No. 724 of 2024) in Patna. He filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking relief, presumably related to bail. During the pendency of this application, the petitioner was granted bail by the trial court. Counsel for the petitioner argued that the grant of bail rendered the application moot. The Court examined whether the application could still be entertained in light of the bail order. Concluding that the purpose of the application could no longer be achieved, the Court held the application to be infructuous. Accordingly, the Court dismissed the application.

Issues considered

Whether an application pending before the High Court becomes infructuous when the petitioner is granted bail during its pendency

Subjects

bail
criminal procedure
infructuous application
high court dismissal
Patna

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70055 of 2025
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-724 Year-2024 Thana- ALAMGANJ District- Patna
                  ======================================================
                  Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Chaudhary @ Suraj Kumar Raj S/O Nimki
                  Chaudhary @ Ajit Kumar @ Nimki Kumar Resident of Sadikpur Machhua
                  Toli, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna

                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
                  The State of Bihar Patna

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Arvind Kumar Pradhan
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Madhuri Lata
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR
                  PANDEY
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    06-01-2026                  Heard.

                                 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner

                    submits that during pendency of this application, by default, the

                    petitioner has been granted bail and hence, this application has

                    become infructuous.

                                 3.Accordingly, the present application filed in

                    connection with Alamganj P.S. Case No. 724 of 2024 stands

                    dismissed being infructuous.



                                         (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)
A.K.V.//-

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