Om Hari Choubey Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Om Hari Choubey Vs the State of Jharkhand — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt case dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh application in the light of the order dated 08.10.2025 passed in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025; pending interlocutory application(s), if any, also disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Court would grant leave to the petitioners to withdraw the instant contempt case with liberty to file a fresh application, in the light of the order dated 08.10.2025 passed in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025.

Court's answer

Considering the submission, the present contempt case is dismissed as withdrawn and thereby disposed of, with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh application in the light of the order dated 08.10.2025 passed in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025 (by which the order dated 12.06.2023 in W.P.(S) No. 1486 of 2023 was partly reviewed).

Ratio / Principle

Consequent to the disposal of the contempt case, pending interlocutory application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Cont. Case (Cvl.) No. 1063 of 2023 (High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; single-member bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad; decided 06.05.2026). Learned counsel for the five petitioners (Om Hari Choubey, Syed Kafil Ahmed, Raj Kumar Paswan, Sripati Ram and Kedar Prasad), in the light of the order dated 08.10.2025 passed in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025 — by which the order dated 12.06.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 1486 of 2023 had been partly reviewed — sought the Court's leave to withdraw the instant contempt case with liberty to file a fresh application. Granting the request, the Court dismissed the contempt case as withdrawn and thereby disposed of it, extending liberty to file a fresh application in the light of the review order; pending interlocutory application(s), if any, also stood disposed of. Opposite Parties: the State of Jharkhand and Dr. Deepak Prasad, Managing Director, Bihar State Food & Civil Supply Corporation Limited.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

Cont. Case (Cvl.) No. 1063 of 2023

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Om Hari Choubey, aged about 65 years, s/o Late Kailash Choubey, resident of 18/433/II (Parijat), Umanagar (South), Deoria, P.O., P.S. & District-Deoria, Uttar Pradesh.

Syed Kafil Ahmed, aged about 67 years, s/o Late Abdul Wadood, resident of besides Alishan Tower, Village-220, Opposite Road No.9, P.O. & P.S.-Azad Nagar, District-East Singhbhum, Jharkhand.

Raj Kumar Paswan, aged about 66 years, s/o Late Sri Paswan, resident of Village-1942(F), Gulmohar Park, Lower Vardhman Compound, P.O. & P.S.-Lalpur, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Sripati Ram, aged about 67 years, s/o Late Sri Chhathu Paswan, resident of Kuraich Mahabir Sthan, Sasaram, P.O. & P.S. Sasaram, District-Rohtas, Bihar.

Kedar Prasad, aged about 66 years, s/o Late Jay Shree Prasad, resident of 318/2/2, Road No.25, Adityapur, P.O. & P.S. Adityapur, DistrictSeraikela Kharwasan, Jharkhand.

… … Petitioners

Versus

The State of Jharkhand.

Dr. Deepak Prasad, The Managing Director, Bihar State Food & Civil Supply Corporation Limited, Food Bhawan, Daroga Road, Rai Marg, R-Block, Gate No.2, P.O.-G.P.O., P.S. Kidwapuri, District-Patna.

… …Opp. Parties

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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD

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For the Petitioners : Mr. Abhishek Sriwastava, Advocate For the O.P. No.1 : Mr. Srikant Swaroop, AC to AAG-II For the O.P.No.2 : Ms. Shubina Perween, JC to Mr. Jitendra S. Singh, Advocate

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13/Dated: 06^th May, 2026

Learned counsel for the petitioners, in the light of the order passed in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025 dated 08.10.2025, has sought for leave of this Court to withdraw the instant contempt case with the liberty to file a fresh application.

Considering the submission, the present contempt case is dismissed as withdrawn, as such, disposed of with the liberty to the petitioner to file fresh application in the light of the order dated 08.10.2025 passed

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in Civil Review No. 03 of 2025 by which the order dated 12.06.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 1486 of 2023 has partly been reviewed.

Consequently, pending interlocutory application(s), if any, also stands disposed of.

(Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.)

06^th May, 2026 Saurabh /-

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