Patna High Court
Rinku RaniversusSri Amir Subhani, The Principal Secretary, Department Of Home Police Government Of Bihar,
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The Court disposed of the contempt petition, granting the petitioner liberty to agitate any remaining grievance.
Summary
The petitioner, Rinku Rani, filed a contempt petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against several state officials for allegedly willfully disobeying the High Court’s order dated 24 July 2018 in CWJC No. 11623 of 2017. The respondents filed a show‑cause memorandum stating that the Collector of East Champaran had issued an order on 11 January 2019 concerning the petitioner’s arms licence, thereby complying with the earlier direction. The Court examined whether the respondents had indeed contravened the earlier order and whether contempt proceedings were warranted. Finding that the Collector’s order addressed the matter and that any remaining grievance could be pursued through regular agitations, the Court declined to entertain the contempt petition. Consequently, the petition was disposed of, with liberty granted to the petitioner to raise any further grievance.
Issues considered
- Did the opposite parties willfully disobey the order dated 24‑07‑2018 passed in CWJC No. 11623 of 2017?
- Should contempt proceedings be initiated against the opposite parties?
Subjects
- contempt of court
- civil writ jurisdiction
- arms licence
- disobedience of court order
- petition disposal
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4221 of 2018
In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11623 of 2017
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Rinku Rani Wife of Sri hari Shankar Singh Resident of Village-chota
Bariarpur, P.S. Chatauni, District-East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. Sri Amir Subhani, The Principal Secretary, Department Of Home Police
Government Of Bihar, Patna
2. Sri H.R. Srinivas, the Commissioner Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur
3. Sri Anupam Kumar at Present the Transport Commissioners, Bihar Patna
and the then District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari.
4. Sri Raman Kumar the District Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari
5. Sri Upendra Kumar Sharma, the Superintendent of Police, East Champaran
at Motihari
6. Sri Mahmood Alam, the District Arms Magistrate, East Champaran at
Motihari
7. Sri S.B. Sahai, the Director Vigilance the Director General Vigilance the
Department of Cabinet Vigilance, Bihar, Patna
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Karandeep Kumar, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Prabhat Kumar Verma, AAG-3
: Mr. Mankeshwar Tiwari, AC to AAG-3
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
5 06-05-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“for initiation of contempt proceeding
against the contemnors/opposite parties for their
willful disobedience of the order dated 24.07.2018
passed in CWJC No. 11623 of 2017.”
Patna High Court MJC No.4221 of 2018(5) dt.06-05-2026
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3. A show cause has come on behalf of the opposite
party and it shows that on 11.01.2019, the Collector, East
Champaran, Motihari has passed the order on the arms license
of the petitioner.
4. Granting liberty to the petitioner to agitate the
matter, if any grievance still remains, the present contempt
petition stands disposed of.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
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