Patna High Court
Shubhash Chandra JhaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- WITHDRAWN
- Bench
- PRAVEEN KUMAR
Holding
The court allowed the withdrawal of the application and dismissed it without expressing any view on the merits.
Summary
The petitioners, Shubhash Chandra Jha and Anupma Jha, filed an application before the Patna High Court in a criminal miscellaneous proceeding arising from a 2019 Begusarai case. During the pendency of the application, the trial court framed charges against the petitioners. The petitioners sought permission to withdraw their application, stating that they would raise all points and grounds at the appropriate stage of the trial. The learned counsel for the State opposed the withdrawal. Justice Praveen Kumar allowed the petitioners' request, dismissed the application, and clarified that the court did not express any opinion on the merits of the case. The application was therefore withdrawn with liberty to raise matters later in the trial.
Issues considered
- Whether a petitioner may withdraw a pending application after charges have been framed in a criminal case
Subjects
- Criminal Procedure Code
- withdrawal of application
- charges framed
- procedural law
- high court order
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76480 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-536 Year-2019 Thana- BEGUSARAI COMPLAINT CASE
District- Begusarai
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1. Shubhash Chandra Jha S/o Mahendra Narayan Jha R/o Village - Rashidpur,
P.S - Madhubani, District - Madhubani, At Present R/o - G.A 14 upper
Ground Floor, Gopal Nagar, P.S - Aadarsh Nagar, Azadpur, District - Delhi -
33
2. Anupma Jha W/o Shubhash Chandra Jha R/o Village - Rashidpur, P.S -
Madhubani, District - Madhubani, At Present R/o - G.A 14 upper Ground
Floor, Gopal Nagar, P.S - Aadarsh Nagar, Azadpur, District - Delhi - 33
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Ashok Kumar S/o Shivshankar Prasad Mehta R/o Mohalla - Pokhariya,
Ward No. 37, P.S - Nagar, District - Begusarai,
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Bimal Kumar Jha, Adv
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Rajendra Nath Jha, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 07-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner
seeks permission to withdraw this application as during the
pendency of this case charges came to be framed and further
prays to raise all the points available to him and also the
grounds pleaded in this application at the appropriate stage of
the trial.
3. Prayer is allowed.
4. Accordingly, this application is dismissed as
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withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid.
5. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed
my opinion on the merits of this case.
(Praveen Kumar, J)
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