Patna High Court

Hare Ram RayversusThe State of Bihar through the Dy. Secretary of the Department of Mines, Patna, Bihar

Decided: 2 April 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: ALOK KUMAR PANDEY

Holding

The Court may grant permission to withdraw a pending criminal writ application and dismiss it as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Hare Ram Ray, filed a criminal writ application before the Patna High Court. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel sought the Court’s permission to withdraw the application. The Court considered whether it could grant such permission. It held that the Court may allow withdrawal of a pending application upon the petitioner’s request. Accordingly, the Court granted permission and dismissed the application as withdrawn.

Issues considered

What is the Court’s authority to permit the withdrawal of a pending criminal writ application?

Subjects

withdrawal of petition
criminal writ jurisdiction
procedural discretion
high court

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                 Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2297 of 2025
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-276 Year-2025 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran
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                   Hare Ram Ray S/o- Ram Lal Ray @ Ramalal Ray Village- Jaitiya Bajitpur
                   PS- Doriganj Dist- Saran.                               ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
              1.    The State of Bihar through the Dy. Secretary of the Department of Mines,
                    Patna, Bihar
              2.   The District Magistrate, Saran at Chapra
              3.   The Superintendent of Police, Saran at Chapra
              4.   The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Saran at Chapra Bihar
              5.   The Circle Officer cum Mines Superintendent of Police, Saran at Chapra
                   Bihar
              6.   The Station Head Office, Doriganj, Saran at Chapra
              7.   The District Mining Officer, Saran at Chapra
                                                             ... ... Respondent/s
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                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s    :        Mr. Ranjit Kumar Thakur, Advocate
                   For the State/Res.      :        Mr. K.P. Gupta, GP-10
                                                    Mr. Virendra Kuar, AC to GP-10
                   For the Mines Deptt.    :        Mr. Naresh Dikshit, Spl. P.P.
                                                    Ms. Shruti Singh, Advocate
                   ======================================================
                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                         ORAL ORDER
2    02-04-2026                       Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                     to withdraw the present application.

                                   2. Permission is accorded.

                                   3. Accordingly, the present application stands

                     dismissed as withdrawn.



                                               (Alok Kumar Pandey, J)
amitkumar/-

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