Patna High Court

Ram Belas Ram @ Mangru RamversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 15 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Ram Belas Ram, filed a criminal miscellaneous petition before the Patna High Court. During the pendency of the petition, the petitioner was arrested. Counsel for the petitioner sought to withdraw the pending application on the ground of the arrest. The learned counsel informed the court that the petitioner was under instruction to withdraw the application. The court considered whether a criminal miscellaneous petition can be withdrawn after the petitioner’s arrest. Finding no substantive issue to be adjudicated and accepting the withdrawal request, the court dismissed the petition as withdrawn. No merits of the underlying criminal matter were examined. The order was pronounced by Justice Alok Kumar Sinha.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal miscellaneous petition can be withdrawn after the petitioner’s arrest

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
criminal procedure
arrest
patna high court
petition dismissed

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91362 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-287 Year-2025 Thana- CHAND District- Kaimur (Bhabua)
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                  Ram Belas Ram @ Mangru Ram Son of Munshi Ram Resident of Village -
                  Sirhira, P.S. - Chand, Dist. - Kaimur.
                                                                     ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                  The State of Bihar
                                                              ... ... Opposite Party/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Aquaib Khan, Advocate
                  For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                        ORAL ORDER

2    15-01-2026                  Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP

                    for the State are present.

                                 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is

                    under instruction to withdraw the present application because

                    the petitioner has already been arrested.

                                 3. As prayed for, the case is dismissed as withdrawn.


                                               (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)

Prakash Narayan
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