Patna High Court

Neha PrakashversusShantanu Singh @ Sanny

Decided: 9 January 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: HARISH KUMAR

Holding

The Court held that the contempt application is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

Neha Prakash filed a contempt application against Shantanu Singh. During the pendency of the application, the order that was the subject of the contempt proceeding was complied with. The petitioner, through Advocate Dr. Bipin Chandra, sought permission to withdraw the contempt application on the ground that the matter had become infructuous. The Court considered whether a contempt application could be withdrawn after compliance with the impugned order. Finding no impediment, the Court allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the application as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the contempt claim were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether a contempt application may be withdrawn after the order under contempt has been complied with

Subjects

contempt of court
withdrawal of application
procedural law
order compliance

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2293 of 2024
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                  Neha Prakash wife of Santanu Singh, Daughter of Pawan Prakash, Resident
                  of village Aganagar, Pursuhottampur, P.S. Maniyari, District - Muzaffarpur.

                                                                             ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                  Shantanu Singh @ Sanny Son of Sri Arun Kumar, Resident of Mohalla - Barh
                  Pathar, Ward No. 15, P.S. - Samastipur Town, District- Samastipur.

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :     Mr. Dr. Bipin Chandra, Adv.
                  For the Opposite Party/s :     Mr.
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                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

4    09-01-2026                  At the outset, Dr. Bipin Chandra, learned Advocate

                    for the petitioner submits that during the pendency of the

                    present contempt application, the order under contempt has been

                    complied and the matter has become infructuous and, as such,

                    he seeks permission to withdraw the present application.

                                 2. In view, thereof, the present application stands

                    dismissed as withdrawn.



                                               (Harish Kumar, J)
shivank/-

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