Patna High Court

Kavita DeviversusThe State of Bihar thorugh Director General of Police, Govt. of bihar, Patna

Decided: 5 February 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: SUDHIR SINGH RAJESH KUMAR VERMA

Holding

Permission to withdraw the criminal writ application was granted, and the application was dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Kavita Devi filed a criminal writ application in the Patna High Court. Her counsel, Anjani Kumar Jha, sought the court's permission to withdraw the writ. The bench, comprising Justices Sudhir Singh and Rajesh Kumar Verma, considered whether the petitioner could be allowed to withdraw the pending writ. The court granted the request, holding that the petitioner may withdraw the application. Consequently, the writ application was dismissed as withdrawn and any pending applications were ordered disposed.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw a pending criminal writ application

Subjects

criminal writ
withdrawal of petition
petition dismissed
high court procedure

Judgment

                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                   Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2545 of 2025
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-392 Year-2025 Thana- BAKHTIYARPUR District- Patna
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                      Kavita Devi, aged about 54 years, female, W/o- Umesh Rai, R/o- Naya Tola
                      Raghopur W.No-25, Ps- Bakhtiyarpur Dist- Patna

                                                                                        ... ... Petitioner
                                                        Versus
                 1.   The State of Bihar thorugh Director General of Police, Govt. of bihar, Patna
                      Bihar
                 2.   The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna Bihar
                 3.   The Superintendent of Police, Rural Area, Patna Bihar
                 4.   The Officer in Charge, Bakhtiyarpur, Patna Bihar
                                                                ... ... Respondents
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                      Appearance :
                      For the Petitioner      :       Mr. Anjani Kumar Jha, Advocate
                      For the Respondents     :       Mr. P.N. Sharma, AC to AG
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                      CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH
                                                 and
                              HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
                                            ORAL ORDER

                              (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH)

4    05-02-2026                     Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to

                        withdraw the present writ application.

                                    2. Permission, as prayed for, is granted.

                                    3. Accordingly, the present criminal writ application

                        stands dismissed as withdrawn.

                                    4. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed

                        of.


                                                               (Sudhir Singh, J.)


                                                          (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.)

Gaurav Kumar/-

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