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Patna High Court

Nand Kumar SagarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
WITHDRAWN

Holding

The writ petition was disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

Petitioner Nand Kumar Sagar, a youth congress leader and practitioner, filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court challenging actions of the State of Bihar, the Election Commission of India and the Bihar Election Department. The petition was listed before the Chief Justice and Justice Sudhir Singh. During the hearing on 9 January 2026, the petitioner appeared and requested that the writ petition be withdrawn. The Court considered the request and accepted the withdrawal. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of as withdrawn without any merits being examined.

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • civil procedure

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                    Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.128 of 2026
                   ======================================================
                   Nand Kumar Sagar, Son of Ram Sagar Paswan, Resident of 404, Royal
                   Heritage Apartment, Ashiyana Digha Road, P.S.- Shastri Nagar, Patna-800014
                   and Presently Co-Chairman, Bihar Pradesh Youth Congress, Legal Cell and
                   also a Practitioner at Patna High Court.
                                                                              ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
             1.     The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old
                    Secretariat, Patna-800015.
             2.    The Election Commission of India, through The Chief Election
                   Commissioner, Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka
                   Road, New Delhi- 110001.
             3.     Election Department, Government of Bihar, Chief Electoral Officer Bihar,
                    Government of Bihar.
                                                                         ... ... Respondent/s
                   ======================================================
                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s    :      Mr.Nand Kumar Sagar, Advocate
                   For the State           :      Mr. P.K. Shahi, Advocate General
                   For the E.C.I.          :      Mr. Siddhartha Prasad, Advocate
                   ======================================================
                   CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
                           and
                           HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH
                                         ORAL ORDER
                   (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)

2     09-01-2026                   The petitioner Nand Kumar Sagar is present and he

                     seeks for withdrawal of the writ petition.

                                   2. The prayer is accepted.

                                   3. The writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn.



                                          (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ)


                                                (Sudhir Singh, J)
P.K.P./-

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