Patna High Court

Narendra SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 30 March 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The application is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty granted to the petitioner to raise his points later, and no merits are decided.

Summary

The petitioner, Narendra Singh, filed an application in the Patna High Court seeking relief in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding. During the hearing on 30‑03‑2026, counsel for the petitioner expressed his intention to withdraw the application while reserving the right to raise all points and grounds at the stage of framing of charge. The Court granted permission for the withdrawal. Consequently, the application was dismissed as withdrawn, with the petitioner retaining liberty to raise his arguments later. The judgment expressly states that the Court did not express any opinion on the merits of the underlying case.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the application with liberty to raise all points and grounds at a later stage

Subjects

withdrawal of application
criminal miscellaneous proceeding
liberty to raise points
dismissal without merits

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70607 of 2024
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-45 Year-2021 Thana- BETTIAH CITY District- West
                                                         Champaran
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                  Narendra Singh S/O Late Beni Madhav Singh R/O Mohalla- Church Road,
                  Chrischan Toli, P.S- Bettiah Town ( Kalibagh O.P.), Distt.- West Champaran.
                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                  The State of Bihar
                                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Shiv Kumar Dwivedy, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    30-03-2026                    Heard the parties.

                                 2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the

                    petitioner submits that he would be withdrawing this application

                    with liberty to raise all the points available to him and also the

                    grounds pleaded in this application at the time of framing of

                    charge.

                                 3. Permission is accorded.

                                 4. Accordingly, the present application is dismissed as

                    withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner.

                                 5. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any

                    opinion on the merits of the case.



                                               (Praveen Kumar, J)
Jyoti/-
U       T

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