Patna High Court

Siddhartha Kumar @ SadhuversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 15 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: HARISH KUMAR

Holding

The application is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Siddhartha Kumar, filed an application before the Patna High Court. While the application was pending, he was arrested in connection with a separate case. He then requested permission to withdraw the pending application. The petitioner’s counsel informed the court of the arrest and the desire to withdraw. The court, after hearing the counsel, dismissed the application as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original application were considered.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the pending application after his arrest in another case

Subjects

withdrawal of application
criminal procedure
court order

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74014 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-522 Year-2025 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali
                  ======================================================
                  Siddhartha Kumar @ Sadhu S/o Shiv Shankar Rai @ Bhola Rai Resident of
                  Village- Bishunpur, Baladhari (Balwa Kuari), PS- Hajipur Sadar, District-
                  Vaishali

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
            1.    The State of Bihar
            2.    Mr. X S/o Shambhu Patel R/o vill - Balwa Kuari, P.S.- Hajipur Sadar, Distt.-
                  Vaishali

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Ram Shankar Prasad, Adv.
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    15-01-2026                  At the outset, learned Advocate for the petitioner

                    informed this Court that during the pendency of the present

                    application, the petitioner got arrested in connection with

                    another case and, as such, he seeks permission to withdraw the

                    present application.

                                 2. In view, thereof, the present application stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.

                                 3. Learned Advocate for the State is present.



                                                (Harish Kumar, J)
shivank/-

U      T

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