Patna High Court

Sapna SharmaversusVivek Kumar

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Disposal: WITHDRAWN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

Holding

A contempt petition may be withdrawn by the petitioner, and upon such withdrawal the petition stands dismissed.

Summary

Sapna Sharma filed a contempt petition against her husband Vivek Kumar in the Patna High Court. She later, through her counsel, sought permission to withdraw the petition. The court considered the request for withdrawal. No substantive hearing on the merits of the contempt allegation was undertaken. The court allowed the withdrawal and dismissed the petition as withdrawn. The matter was concluded without any finding on contempt.

Issues considered

Whether a contempt petition may be withdrawn by the petitioner and dismissed as withdrawn.

Subjects

contempt of court
withdrawal of petition
civil procedure

Judgment

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2451 of 2024
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                  Sapna Sharma Wife of Vivek Kumar and Daughter of Shri Gauri Shankar
                  Sharma Resident of Village-Dumari Pattapur, P.S. Muffasil, District-
                  Begusarai-PIN-851117.

                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
                  Vivek Kumar Son of Shri Bharat Kumar Resident of Mohalla-Saketpuri Road
                  No.3 Hanuman Nagar, P.S.Patrakar Nagar, Patna-800020.

                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s     :     Mr. Birendra Narayan Sharma, Adv.
                  For the Opposite Party/s :     Mr. Parashuram Singh, Adv.
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
                                        ORAL ORDER

3    09-01-2026                  At the outset, Mr. Birendra Narayan Sharma, learned

                    Advocate for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the

                    present contempt petition.

                                 2. In view, thereof, the present contempt petition

                    stands dismissed as withdrawn.

                                 3. Learned Advocate for the opposite party is present.



                                               (Harish Kumar, J)
shivank/-

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