Patna High Court
Stuti LalversusThe State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- WITHDRAWN
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn upon the petitioner’s request.
Summary
Stuti Lal filed a criminal writ petition before the Patna High Court challenging actions of the State of Bihar and several officials. During the hearing, the court interacted with Mr. Bikrama Lal, who confirmed he was safe and residing with his son. Following this, the petitioner’s counsel requested permission to withdraw the writ application. The court granted the permission and dismissed the writ as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.
Issues considered
- Whether a petitioner may withdraw a criminal writ petition after filing it in the High Court
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- high court
- criminal jurisdiction
- petition dismissed
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1191 of 2026
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Stuti Lal W/O Yash Dayma, D/O Late Anupam Kumar R/O K-110, P.C.
Colony, Housing Board Office, Hanuman Nagar, P.O. -Kankarbagh, P.S-
Patrakarnagar, Distt. -Patna (Bihar), PIN- 800020 and Currently residing at
1822, Dadhichi Bhawan, Govind Rai Ji ka Rasta, Purani Basti, Distt.- Jaipur
(Rajasthan), PIN- 302001.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home,
Government of Bihar
2. The Secretary, Department of Home (Police), Old Secretariat, Bailey Road,
Government of Bihar
3. The Director General of Police, Bihar Patna
4. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna
5. The Investigating Officer, Add. S.H.O. of Patrakar Nagar Police Station,
Patna
6. Abhay Kumar S/O Bikrama Lal R/O 94/1301, Sea Woods Estate, NRI
complex, Phase-2, Palm Beach Road, Near D.P.S School, Sector- 54/56/58,
P.S.- Nehrul, Distt.- Navi Mumbai, State- Maharastra- 400615, Currently
residing at Tower 29, flat No. 401, Commonwealth Games Village, near
Akshardham Temple, P.S- Mandawali, Delhi-110092.
7. Alok Kumar S/O Bikrama Lal R/O 3843, County Road 317, MC Kinney,
P.S.- MC Kinney, Police Department Headquarters, Texas- 75069.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Akash Shankar, Advocate
Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate
Ms. Archana Kushwaha, Advocate
Ms. Nausheen Fatma, Advocate
For the State : Mr. AC to AAG-13
For the Resp No. 6 : Mr. Kumar Prateek, Advocate
Mr. Rahul Kumar Dubey, Advocate
Mr. Aman Ashish, Advocate
Mr. Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Advocate
Mr. Sachin Kumar, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
and
HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KUMAR MANISH
ORAL ORDER
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)
2 15-06-2026 We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner,
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1191 of 2026(2) dt.15-06-2026
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learned AC to AAG-13 for the State and learned counsel for the
Respondent No. 6 at length.
2. In course of hearing, we got occasion to interact
with the corpus, namely, Sri Bikrama Lal, who is present online
from the residence of one of his sons, namely, Mr. Alok Kumar
(Respondent No. 7). Mr. Bikrama Lal has made a statement that
he is safe and is residing with his son.
3. After the aforesaid interaction was over, learned
counsel for the petitioner sought permission to withdraw this
writ application.
4. Permission is granted.
5. Accordingly, this writ application is dismissed as
withdrawn.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
(Kumar Manish, J)
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