Patna High Court

Satrudhan PrasadversusSri Anand Kishore

Decided: 24 April 2026
Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: SANDEEP KUMAR

Holding

The application is dismissed as infructuous because the vehicle in question has already been released.

Summary

The petitioner, Satrudhan Prasad, filed a civil writ petition in the Patna High Court challenging the actions of various state officials concerning a vehicle. The authorities subsequently released the vehicle, prompting the petitioner’s counsel to argue that the relief sought could no longer be granted. The court examined whether the petition remained maintainable after the vehicle’s release. It concluded that the matter had become infructuous, as the subject of the relief was no longer in the hands of the respondents. Accordingly, the application was dismissed as infructuous, leaving the petition without further relief.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition remains maintainable when the subject matter of relief has been released by the authorities

Subjects

infructuous petition
civil writ jurisdiction
vehicle release
petition dismissed
high court

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.974 of 2026
                                                        In
                                 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20140 of 2021
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                   Satrudhan Prasad son of Rajendra Prasad, Resident of village-Kubari, Post-
                   Neckpur, Police Station-Chabilapur, District-Nalanda.

                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
              1.   Sri Anand Kishore father name not known to the petitioner, the State of
                   Bihar through the Principal Secretary Environment and Forest Department,
                   Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
              2.   Shri Shashank Subhankar, father name not known to the petitioner, the
                   District Magistrate, Gaya.
              3.   Shri Rajeev Ranjan, father name not known to the petitioner, the Divisional
                   Forest Officer-cum-Authorised Officer, Gaya, Forest Division, Gaya.
              4.   Shri Abhishek Kumar, father name not known to the petitioner, the District
                   Forest Officer, Gaya.

                                                          ... ... Opposite Party/s
                   ======================================================
                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Samir Kumar Bharti, Advocate
                   For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Standing Counsel 15
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                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                         ORAL ORDER

3    24-04-2026                   Heard the parties.

                                  2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                     since the vehicle in question has been released by the

                     authorities, this petition has become infructuous.

                                  3. Hence, this application stands dismissed as having

                     become infructuous.



                                                (Sandeep Kumar, J)
tusharika/-
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