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Patna High Court

Ram Lal Singh @ Ram Pravesh SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The anticipatory bail petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with a direction to the petitioner to surrender within four weeks.

Summary

Ram Lal Singh filed an anticipatory bail petition before the Patna High Court. He later sought to withdraw the petition so that he could surrender before the trial court. The State and the complainant did not oppose his request. The Court, after hearing the parties, allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the anticipatory bail petition, directing the petitioner to surrender within four weeks. No substantive merits of the bail application were considered as the petition was withdrawn.

Issues considered

  • Whether an anticipatory bail petition may be withdrawn after filing and what direction the Court may give upon such withdrawal

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • withdrawal of petition
  • surrender
  • criminal procedure
  • high court

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77859 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-909 Year-2013 Thana- KHAGARIA COMPALINT CASE
                                                     District- Khagaria
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                 Ram Lal Singh @ Ram Pravesh Singh son of Bechan Singh Resident Of
                 Village- Tegachhi P.S- Chautham District- Khagaria

                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Rubi Devi Daughter of Yogendra Singh Resident Of Village- Mathurapur
                 (Sonbarsa), Ps- Khagaria, Dist- Khagaria

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :    Mr. Hafiz Shahbaz Arif, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :    Mr. Ahmad Ali, APP
                                               Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocate
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

4   11-02-2026                     Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

                   counsel for the complainant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

                                 2. After some argument, learned counsel for the

                   petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the present petition so

                   that petitioner may be able to surrender before the Court

                   concerned.

                                 3. Learned counsel for the complainant and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State have no objection to this prayer of the

                   petitioner.

                                 4. In view of the submissions of learned counsels for

                   the parties, the present anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner

                   is dismissed as withdrawn with direction to the petitioner to
            Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77859 of 2025(4) dt.11-02-2026
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                      surrender before the Court concerned within a period of four

                      weeks from this order.


                                              (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
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