Patna High Court

Deepak Singh @ Kumar DiwakarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 24 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SANDEEP KUMAR

Holding

An anticipatory bail application may be withdrawn by the petitioner, and the court may dismiss it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners, Deepak Singh and Prabhakar Singh, filed an anticipatory bail application before the Patna High Court in connection with a criminal case registered under PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025. During the hearing on 24-02-2026, the petitioners, through counsel, requested to withdraw their anticipatory bail application. The learned counsel for the State opposed the withdrawal, but the court considered the petitioners' request. The court granted permission to withdraw, thereby dismissing the anticipatory bail application as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the bail application were examined as the petitioners chose to discontinue the proceedings.

Issues considered

Whether an anticipatory bail application can be withdrawn by the petitioner at any stage before the order is pronounced

Subjects

anticipatory bail
withdrawal
criminal procedure
bail
high court

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7465 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2025 Thana- BARGAINIA District- Sitamarhi
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            1.     Deepak Singh @ Kumar Diwakar S/O Sanjay Singh @ Sanjay Kumar R/O
                   Village/Mohalla- Bairgania, Sekhuara Ward No. 21, P.S- Bairgania, Distt.-
                   Sitamarhi-843313.
            2.    Prabhakar Singh @ Kumar Prabhakar S/O Sanjay Singh @ Sanjay Kumar
                  R/O Village/Mohalla- Bairgania, Sekhuara Ward No. 21, P.S- Bairgania,
                  Distt.- Sitamarhi-843313.

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

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Harsh Anuj, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    24-02-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

                    APP for the State.

                                 2. After some arguments, learned counsel for the

                    petitioners prays for withdrawing the present anticipatory bail

                    application.

                                 3. Permission is accorded.

                                 4. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.


                                                       (Sandeep Kumar, J)

Ranjeet/-
U       T

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