Patna High Court

RAJU KAZIversusNIRA DEVI

Decided: 13 February 2026
Disposal: CONVERTED
Bench: ARUN KUMAR JHA

Holding

Permission to convert the criminal writ jurisdiction petition into a criminal revision petition is granted.

Summary

Petitioner Raju Kazi filed a criminal writ jurisdiction petition against his wife Nira Devi. The petitioner’s counsel sought permission to convert the writ petition into a criminal revision petition. The Court examined the request and found no impediment to the conversion. Accordingly, the Court granted permission for the conversion and directed the petitioner’s counsel to effect the change within four weeks. The Court also instructed the office to cooperate with the conversion process.

Issues considered

Whether permission may be granted to convert a criminal writ jurisdiction petition into a criminal revision petition

Subjects

criminal writ jurisdiction
criminal revision
petition conversion
procedural permission

Judgment

                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.821 of 2022
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                 Raju Kazi S/o Bahdur Kazi @ Jangbahadur Kaji, R/o village- Mohna, P.S.-
                 Laukariya, District- West Champaran.
                                                                          ... ... Petitioner
                                                   Versus

                 Nira Devi W/O Raju Kazi, D/O Bhupnarayan Kazi, R/O Village- Mohna,
                 P.S.- Laukariya, District- West Champaran, Presently R/O Village- Mahuyee,
                 P.S.- Matiyariya, District- West Champaran.
                                                                          ... ... Respondent
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s   :     Mr. Vishwajeet Kumar Mishra, Advocate
                 For the Respondent/s   :     Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   13-02-2026                    Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission

                   to convert the present Criminal Writ Jurisdiction petition into

                   Criminal Revision petition.

                                  2. Permission, as prayed for, is accorded.

                                  3. Accordingly, learned counsel for the petitioner is

                   directed to convert the present Criminal Writ Jurisdiction

                   petition into Criminal Revision petition within a period of four

                   weeks.

                                  4. Office is directed to extend all cooperation in

                   this conversion.


                                                       (Arun Kumar Jha, J)

Shahnawaz/-

U     T

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