Patna High Court

Rishu ShreeversusThe Special Vigilance Unit, Bihar, Patna

Decided: 18 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR PANDEY

Holding

The court held that the petitioner may withdraw the criminal writ petition and dismissed it as withdrawn.

Summary

Rishu Shree filed a criminal writ petition in the Patna High Court challenging actions of the Special Vigilance Unit, Bihar and the Directorate of Enforcement. The petitioner, through counsel, sought the court's permission to withdraw the petition and to pursue his grievance in a more appropriate forum. The court considered whether a petitioner may be allowed to withdraw a criminal writ petition at his request. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were examined. The court granted the requested permission, allowing the petitioner to withdraw the writ. Consequently, the criminal writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether a petitioner may withdraw a criminal writ petition and obtain the court's permission to do so

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
criminal writ
Patna High Court
Special Vigilance Unit
Directorate of Enforcement

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1046 of 2025
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2025 Thana- VIGILANCE District- Patna
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                  Rishu Shree S/o Sri Vinod Kumar Sinha Resident of 5A, Kamtaramsakhi
                  Enclave, Mithapur Khagaul Road, Beside Dayanand Boys School, Mithapur,
                  Patna, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna, Bihar
                                                                         ... ... Petitioner
                                                       Versus
            1.     The Special Vigilance Unit, Bihar, Patna Bihar
            2.     Directorate of Enforcement Government of India through Assistant Director,
                   Directorate of Enforcement, Patna Zonal Office, 1st Floor, Chandpura Place,
                   Bank Road Patna - 800001
                                                                             ... ... Respondents
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s             : Mr. Kumaresh Singh, Adv.
                                                     Mr. Ujjwal Raj, Adv.
                  For Special Vigilance Unit       : Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv.
                  For E.D.                         : Mr. Zohaib Hossain, Special Counsel, E.D.
                                                     Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Retainer Counsel, E.D.
                                                     Mr. Pranjal Tripathi, Adv.
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                        ORAL ORDER

7    18-04-2026                   Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                    for withdrawal of the instant criminal writ petition with liberty

                    to raise his grievance before appropriate forum, at appropriate

                    stage.

                                  2. Permission, as prayed for, is accorded.

                                  3. With the aforesaid liberty, the instant criminal writ

                    petition stands dismissed as withdrawn.


                                            (Alok Kumar Pandey, J)

shahzad/-

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