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Harendra Kumar Upadhyay filed a writ petition challenging a 2015 resolution of the Road Construction Department and a 2015 notification that denied his allocation to the department and affected his promotion. He sought quashing of the notification, a mandamus directing the department to backdate his …
The petitioner, Balram Singh, filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court seeking the expungement of several Office Memoranda and letters that recorded a downgraded APAR and adverse entries against him in the Sashastra Seema Bal. He also asked the court to set aside those documents and grant any …
The petitioner, a staff member of the Bihar School Examination Board, was placed under suspension by an office order dated 06‑10‑2016 invoking Rule 9(3) of the Bihar Government Servants (Classification Control and Appeal) Rules, 2005. He filed a writ petition seeking a certiorari to quash the …
The petitioner, a widow of a deceased government employee, filed a writ petition seeking to quash a departmental punishment order issued on 14 September 2015 against her late husband, who had died on 3 April 2015. She contended that a punishment cannot be imposed on a dead person and that the order …
The petitioners, a group of 26 individuals, filed a writ application before the Patna High Court seeking a direction to the State of Bihar and its forest, agriculture and horticulture departments to publish an advertisement for filling a sanctioned vacant post of Mali and other reliefs. No counsel …
Seven petitioners filed a writ petition seeking a court direction to the Bihar government to invite applications and appoint 39 Junior Engineer posts under the Directorate of Land Conservation, Agriculture Department. The petitioners argued that the vacancies should be filled and that the …
The petitioners, Shera Deepak Kumar and Aayush Kumar, were arrested in connection with a case alleging that they abducted and shot the son of an informant, whose body was later found in a field. They sought regular bail under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (sections 103(1), 238(a), 3(5)) and the …
Prince Paswan, husband of a woman who died under suspicious circumstances, applied for regular bail in a case registered under sections 498A, 304B, 34 of the IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The prosecution alleges that Paswan and co‑accused tortured the deceased to extract a …
Suraj Rai applied for regular bail in a case registered under section 309(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and section 27 of the Arms Act. The FIR records that a teenage co‑accused, Gaurav Kumar, fired at an informant, and a confessional statement of Gaurav Kumar alleged that Rai had supplied …
The petitioner, Rajesh Kumar Gupta, was charged under sections 334(1) and 303(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged theft of jewellery worth Rs. 6 lakh and cash. The prosecution’s case is based on the statement of a co‑accused, Gautam Kumar, who implicated the petitioner, but no incriminating …
The petitioner, Md. Hasib, was the driver of an auto from which police seized 887 bottles of codeine‑containing cough syrup, leading to an NDPS case under section 21(c). He claimed he had no knowledge of the contraband, which belonged to a passenger, and had no prior criminal record. The …
The petitioner filed an application seeking restoration of First Appeal No. 72 of 2018, which had been dismissed for default on 8 August 2022 for failing to comply with a peremptory order dated 27 June 2022 that required removal of defects in the stamp report within six weeks. The petitioner argued …
The petitioners, M/s Gauri Petroleum (a retail outlet of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.) and its proprietor Dr. Nitesh Kamal, filed an application in the Patna High Court alleging a violation of an earlier order dated 1 December 2022 in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14137 of 2022. The respondents …
The petitioner, Bimla Violet Mark, filed an application seeking initiation of contempt proceedings alleging that the State of Bihar violated a direction dated 31 October 2023 in CWJC No.12418 of 2016. The petitioner had received a pension payment order reflecting the Sixth Pay Revision, whereas she …
The Patna High Court considered the petition of Ranjan Kumar, who is in custody for alleged murder under IPC sections 302 and 34 and offences under sections 4 and 8 of the POCSO Act, where the dead body of a minor girl was found in his house. The petitioner sought regular bail, arguing that he had …
The petitioner, Shashi Bhushan Singh, filed a civil writ petition before the Patna High Court against the State of Bihar and officials of the Rural Works Department. During the proceedings, the petitioner’s counsel, Mr. Ram Vinay Prasad Singh, applied for permission to withdraw the petition. The …
The petitioner, Shivkant Singh, filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking restoration of First Appeal No. 175 of 2018, which had been dismissed for default on 19 July 2022 for non‑compliance with a peremptory order dated 28 June 2022. The respondents – the State of Bihar and its …
Shivkant Singh filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking restoration of First Appeal No. 174 of 2018, which had been dismissed for default on 19 July 2022 for non‑compliance with a peremptory order dated 28 June 2022. The petitioner argued that sufficient cause existed for the default …
Munna Yadav was arrested in connection with a violent land dispute that resulted in the death of Devendra Yadav and injuries to several others, and was charged under sections 302, 307, 147, 148, 149 of the IPC and sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26, 27, 35 of the Arms Act. He has been in custody since 9 …
Shivkant Singh filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking restoration of First Appeal No. 173 of 2018, which had been dismissed for default on 19 July 2022 for non‑compliance with a peremptory order dated 28 June 2022. The petitioner argued that sufficient cause existed to revive the …
The petitioners, three residents of Jamin Mathiya village in Muzaffarpur district, filed a writ petition (CWJC No.3342 of 2018) against the State of Bihar and several revenue officials concerning land acquisition matters. The High Court dismissed the petition on 18 April 2023. On 16 January 2026, …
The petitioner, Nitish Kumar, sought regular bail in a kidnapping case (IPC s.363) registered as Kurtha P.S. Case No.115 of 2023. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner abducted the informant’s daughter, who later went missing. The petitioner argued that he was falsely implicated, had a long …
Harichandra Mahto was charged with offences including murder (IPC s.302) and several other IPC offences arising from a violent assault that resulted in the victim's death. He has been in custody since March 2022 and earlier bail applications were denied. He renewed his prayer for regular bail, …
Prem Lata filed an application before the Patna High Court seeking restoration of Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 9096 of 2022, which had been dismissed for non‑prosecution on 19 November 2025. The petitioner argued that the dismissal was erroneous and that the writ should be reinstated. The court …
The petitioner, Gayitri Devi, was granted bail in a case under section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition & Excise Act, 2016, with a direction to surrender to the lower court within eight weeks. She filed an application seeking modification of that surrender deadline, alleging that as a woman she could …
The petitioners, Parmila Devi, Suresh Mahto and Rahul Kumar, were granted bail on 15 October 2025 in Criminal Miscellaneous No.39621, with a condition to surrender to the lower court by 12 November 2025. They were unable to surrender within the stipulated period and filed an application on 28 …
Mithilesh Ravidas was arrested after a raid uncovered 50 cannabis plants adjacent to his house, leading to an FIR under section 20(a)(i) of the NDPS Act. He filed an application for regular bail, claiming false implication, lack of exclusive control over the recovered plants, and no prior criminal …
The petitioner, Pramod Kumar Singh, applied for regular bail in a case registered under sections 399 and 402 of the IPC, sections 25(1‑B)a, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act and sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substance Act. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner escaped from a police raid at …
The petitioner, Pappu Kumar Yadav, sought a review of a 2021 judgment that dismissed his writ application challenging the withdrawal of a Letter of Intent (LoI) for a rural LPG distributorship by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The petitioner argued that the IOC’s reliance on clause 5.4 (and clauses …
The petitioners, Bhankul Sah and Ramesh Kumar, were arrested for allegedly attempting to escape after being caught with 15 metres of aluminium cable and pendrol clips, alleged theft under Section 3 of the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966. They claimed they were falsely implicated, …
Shashi Kumar was arrested in connection with a case involving three stolen motorcycles and charged under sections 303(2), 317(2), 317(4), 317(5) and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution’s case relied on statements of co‑accused who said the motorcycles were purchased from the …
The petitioner, Kunal Kumar, was charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code—including rape, wrongful restraint, hurt, assault on a woman, insult, and intimidation—as well as sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act, for allegedly misbehaving with a 16‑year‑old girl and recording the incident. …
Ramnath Yadav was arrested in connection with a case under Sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act after a .303 pistol and two country‑made pistols were recovered from the terrace of his house. The petitioner contended that no weapon was found in his personal possession and that he had been …
The petitioner, Trinetram Kumar, was arrested in connection with a case registered under sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act and section 27 of the NDPS Act after a raid recovered a loaded pistol, a live cartridge and four small packets of ganja. The petitioner contended that he was …
Menaka Kumari, a 19‑year‑old woman, was arrested in connection with an assault on an informant's father that resulted in the father's death. The FIR charged her under multiple sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 74, 352, 351(2), 3(5) and …
The petitioner, Ashik Kumar, applied for regular bail in a case registered under IPC sections 399, 402, 414, 120B and Arms Act sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35. The prosecution’s case is based on a raid in which two co‑accused were arrested and, during interrogation, implicated the petitioner, …
Uma Shankar Singh was arrested in connection with a police raid that recovered two pistols, live and empty cartridges from the roof of his house, leading to charges under sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act. The petitioner contended that he was falsely implicated, that no incriminating …
Karu Yadav was arrested in connection with a case registered under sections 25(1‑B)(a) and 26 of the Arms Act, where a loaded country‑made pistol and four live cartridges were allegedly recovered from his possession. The petitioner contended that no incriminating article was actually found on him …
Hemlata Kumari, a woman resident of Muzaffarpur, applied for regular bail in a murder case (Sessions Trial No.595 of 2025) arising from PS Sadar Case No.833 of 2024, filed under sections 103(1), 109 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The prosecution alleged that she ordered co‑accused …
The petitioners, Pramod Mandal and Baijnath Mandal, applied for regular bail in a case registered under several provisions of the Arms Act, alleging that arms and ammunition were seized from a thatched hut belonging to a third person, Ajay Mandal, with whom they have no connection. The prosecution …
The petitioners, Jhulan Sah and Babita Devi, applied for regular bail in a criminal case (Madhaura PS Case No. 709 of 2025) filed under sections 109, 103, 303(2) and 76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The FIR alleges that, over a trivial dispute, co‑accused Laxman Sah and Pankaj Sah assaulted …
Ramanand Chaudhary applied for regular bail in a murder case (Case No. 347 of 2025) where he is alleged to be the order‑giver, while co‑accused Ranjit Kumar Choudhary and Manjit Kumar allegedly fired the fatal shots. The petitioner claimed false implication, no prior criminal record, and had been in …
The petitioner, Rajesh Chaudhari, was arrested in connection with a homicide arising from a land‑dispute, alleged under IPC sections 302, 341, 323, 504, 506 and 34. The informant claimed that Chaudhari and his son struck the informant’s father with a bamboo stick, leading to the father’s death. …
The petitioners, a mother and daughter, applied for regular bail in a case arising from a land dispute where the informant alleged that the co‑accused Kameshwar Ram assaulted his maternal aunt with a sickle, resulting in death. The petitioners contended they were falsely implicated and had no prior …
Suraj Kumar was arrested in connection with PS Salimpur case no.236 of 2024 under section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleged to have been robbed by four accused who also obtained a confessional statement from him before police. The petitioner claimed he was falsely implicated, that …
The petitioner, Md. Jahangir, was acquitted by the trial court in a criminal case. Following the acquittal, the petitioner filed an application before the High Court, the nature of which is not specified in the record. The petitioner’s counsel subsequently moved that, since the acquittal rendered …
The petitioner, Abhishek Kumar, was arrested in connection with a case registered under section 317(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act. During a vehicle check, a pistol was recovered from a co‑accused and a mobile phone from the petitioner; no …
The petitioners Mukesh Rai and Ajay Kumar were arrested in connection with a case registered under sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act, with a live cartridge recovered from each of them and a country‑made pistol recovered from a co‑accused. They filed an application for regular bail, …
The petitioner, Md. Tanveer, was arrested in connection with a case under sections 25(1‑B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act after a pistol was allegedly recovered from his possession during an attempted escape. He contended that no incriminating article was actually found on him and that he had been …
The petitioner, Munna Mushar, applied for regular bail in a case registered under sections 302, 307, 147, 148, 149, 323, 341, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging that the FIR was general and omnibus and that he was falsely implicated. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner was part …
The petitioner, elder son of a deceased Eastern Railway employee, filed a writ petition in 2017 seeking a mandamus directing the railway authorities to issue a compassionate appointment letter in his favour, alleging that his younger brother (respondent No.6) had been improperly appointed in 2003. …
Manish Kumar, an Executive Officer of a Urban Local Body, challenged a series of transfer orders issued by the Bihar Urban Development and Housing Department that moved him from Dumraon to Buxar and then, by a same‑day corrigendum, to Daudnagar, while another officer (respondent 6) was transferred …
The petitioners, four private individuals, filed a writ application before the Patna High Court challenging the selection and appointment process for a Class‑IV employee (Peon) in the Civil Court, Madhubani, alleging that the process was illegal and violated Articles 14, 16 and 309 of the …
Mahendra Kumar Vidyarthi filed a writ of mandamus seeking his appointment as Tola Savak in Itwan village. The respondents countered that his intermediate certificate was fake, leading to his cancellation and appointment of another candidate. No counsel appeared for the petitioner, and the petitioner …
The petitioner, a jail warden appointed in 1975, sought the grant of first and second Assured Career Progression (ACP) benefits under the ACP Scheme of 2003, which were denied by the Departmental Screening Committee on the ground that he had not passed the Departmental Accounts Examination. He …
The petitioners filed a writ application seeking a directive for the State of Bihar and the Bihar State Pollution Control Board to fulfill a legal obligation arising from a prior judgment dated 16 July 2013, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Board had reportedly regularized the petitioners' …
Mayur Kumar filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court seeking a mandamus directing the State of Bihar and related authorities to appoint him to a post in the Ara Civil Court on compassionate grounds, commensurate with his educational qualifications. The petitioner argued that the authorities had …
The petitioner, a Block Agriculture Officer, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Agriculture Directorate to pay his salary arrears for the period 8 January 2013 to 4 July 2013, after being exonerated in a departmental proceeding and rejoining service. He alleged that despite his …
The petitioner, Arun Prakash, challenged a government order dated 02‑11‑2016 that reverted him to a Class III cadre on compassionate grounds and sought recovery of excess salary. He contended that his case was covered by the earlier judgment in CWJC No. 19392 of 2016 (Raj Kumar et al. v. State of …
Shambhu Kunvar filed a writ petition challenging two orders dated 29.05.2021 and 02.06.2021 issued by the Deputy Development Commissioner, Zila Parishad, Bettiah, which re‑employed a retired tracer on a contractual basis and directed the transfer of the post of Accountant‑cum‑Head Clerk to the …
Ram Babu Chaudhary, a retired Moharrir of the Water Resources Department, filed a writ petition seeking to quash a corrigendum dated 18‑11‑2014 that withdrew the Assured Career Progression (ACP) benefits previously granted to him by an order dated 20‑8‑2014. He argued that the withdrawal was based …
Savitri Devi, widow of the late Mandhata Prasad Singh who served as a Panchayat Sewak trainee from April to July 1999, alleged that she was never paid the salary due for the training period and subsequent posting, despite representations filed in 2018. She sought a writ of mandamus directing the …
The petitioner, an ex‑service defence personnel, applied for appointment as an Excise Constable under Advertisement No. 1 of 2015 but was rejected because he did not possess an intermediate (10+2) qualification from a board or council recognized by the State/Center, as required by Rule 5 of the …
The petitioner, a peon (IV grade) employed since 1999, filed a writ petition seeking equal pay, regularisation of service, reinstatement, and relief from being restrained from work without notice. He also requested the court to direct the respondents to consider his grievances. During the hearing, …
The petitioners, Lilawati Kumari and Rinku Kumari, applied to the Patna High Court seeking a writ directing the State Health Society, Bihar to grant them age relaxation for the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) post advertised under No.8/2025, alleging that their age exceeded the limit despite meeting …
Petitioner Ritesh Kumar filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Superintendent of Police, Nawada, to accept his appointment as constable‑driver under the SC category in advertisement No.1/2018, despite medical reports indicating he lacks colour vision but is otherwise fit. The …
The petitioner, Suraj Prasad Vishwakarma, filed a civil writ application seeking a writ directing the State of Bihar and its officials to consider his promotion to Deputy Secretary (S.T. Category) effective from 05-10-1996, along with related benefits. The petitioner’s counsel subsequently requested …
The petitioner, Satinath Gangopadhyay, filed a writ petition seeking certiorari to quash two orders dated 20‑12‑2016 issued by a Project Director, who was not his controlling authority, that reduced his pay scale and directed recovery of alleged excess salary. He also sought mandamus for refund of …
The petitioner, an Irrigation Revenue Inspector, filed a writ seeking direction to release annual increments withheld from 2000‑2010, grant of ACP benefit, and a declaration that a 2007 office memo could not bar such benefits. The respondents counter‑affidavit detailed several departmental …
The petitioner, son of a deceased employee of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation, was appointed on compassionate grounds to a Class‑IV orderly post in 2015 after a long delay caused by the corporation's financial constraints. He later sought a writ directing the corporation to …
The petitioner, Mohd Aslam Ansari, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State of Bihar and its officials to permit his reinstatement to his junior engineer post and to pay his regular salary and benefits. The respondents submitted a counter‑affidavit stating that a departmental …
The petitioner, Mukesh Kumar, filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court seeking a mandamus directing the respondents to stay FIR No. 106/2015 and to prevent harassment, alleging the FIR was illegal, concocted and fabricated. He claimed the respondents were harassing him on account of the FIR. No …
Rabindra Kumar Das, a 60% disabled individual whose father died in 2006, filed a writ petition seeking a compassionate appointment from the Rural Works Department, alleging no source of income and financial crisis. No counsel appeared on his behalf on multiple hearing dates despite the court’s …
Munna Kumar Pandey filed a writ petition challenging the result of the Excise Constable recruitment, seeking its quash and demanding that 25% of the 831 vacancies be reserved for trained Home Guard and ex‑servicemen, with the remainder to be filled as per recruitment rules. The petition also …
The petitioners, three statistical volunteers, filed a writ petition seeking to restrain the implementation of a cabinet decision dated 07‑06‑2016 that abolished their panel, to be reinstated, to receive fixed honorarium and regularisation of service. They also sought quashing of the letter …
Lapat Ram filed a civil writ petition seeking two increments, proper pension, correction of the 3rd ACP amount, release of Rs.1,54,522 adjusted from his retiral benefit, and 18% penal interest. The petition listed the State of Bihar and several officials as respondents. No counsel appeared on behalf …
The petitioner, Bhupendra Kumar Sah, filed a writ of mandamus seeking appointment to a vacant Daffadar (Chaukidar) post in Pipra Police Station, claiming he belongs to a backward class and has a clean record. He submitted a representation on 24‑09‑2016 but the respondents, including the State of …
Dinanath Yadav filed a writ petition seeking mandamus directing the State of Bihar to regularise his service as a night guard and to adjust his posting in accordance with his qualifications. The petitioner failed to appear before the Patna High Court on three successive dates (14‑11‑2024, …
Rupam Kumari, widow of the late Ajay Kumar Singh, filed a writ petition seeking a certiorari to quash an order dated 5 December 2016 that was allegedly based on a false report. The petition named the State of Bihar and several officials as respondents. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner …
