Patna High Court

Birendra Kumar and OrsversusLagnawati Devi and Ors

Decided: 25 March 2026
Disposal: WITHDRAWN
Bench: RAJIV ROY

Holding

The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn.

Summary

The appellants, a group of heirs, appealed a district judge's order that upheld a decree from 1988 concerning a family dispute. They sought relief from the judgment dated 5 November 2018 and decree dated 29 November 2018, which confirmed earlier findings. During the hearing on 25 March 2026, counsel for the appellants requested that the appeal be withdrawn. The court accepted the withdrawal and dismissed the appeal as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether the appeal should be entertained after the appellants seek withdrawal

Subjects

appeal
withdrawal
dismissal
civil procedure
decree

Judgment

         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                       SECOND APPEAL No.38 of 2019
     ======================================================
1.    Birendra Kumar S/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
      Distt.- Siwan
2.   Vinod Kumar S/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
3.   Pramod Kumar S/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan
4.   Pappu Kumar S/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
5.   Baby Kumari D/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
6.   Geeta Kumari D/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan
7.   Reena Kumari D/o Late Sant Lal Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan

                                                          ... ... Appellant/s
                                  Versus
1.   Lagnawati Devi W/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan
2.   Lagnawati Devi W/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan
3.   Vinod Kumar S/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
4.   Satish Prasad S/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
5.   Bodyotma Devi D/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi,
     Distt.- Siwan
6.   Guriya Devi D/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
7.   Suman Devi D/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
8.   Ruby Devi D/o Late Ganesh Prasad Vill.- Sahlaur, P.s.- Pachrukhi, Distt.-
     Siwan
9.   Anandi Devi W/o Late Gulab Chand Bhagat D/o Rangila Bhagat, R/o Vill.-
     Harnatar, P.s.-Darauli, Distt.-Siwan

                                               ... ... Respondent/s
     ======================================================
     Appearance :
     For the Appellant/s    :      Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate
     For the Respondent/s   :      Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, Advocate
     ======================================================
     CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
            Patna High Court SA No.38 of 2019(5) dt.25-03-2026
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                                                      ORAL ORDER

5    25-03-2026                      Heard the parties.

                                   2. The present appeal has been preferred for the grant

                      of following relief(s):

                                               “being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the

                                         judgment dated 05.11.2018 and decree dated

                                         29.11.2018 passed by the learned District Judge,

                                         Siwant in T. Appeal No. 93 of 2017 dismissing

                                         the appeal and thereby confirming the judgment

                                         and decree dated 20.09.2017 and 12.10.2017

                                         respectively passed in T.S. No.247 of 1988 by

                                         learned Munsif-I, Siwan.”


                                   3. Learned counsel for the appellants pray for

                      withdrawal of the appeal.

                                   4. Accordingly, the same is dismissed as withdrawn.



                                                     (Rajiv Roy, J)
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