Lalit Mukhiya v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal and dismissal of a quashing application: Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.17147 of 2017 (Lalit Mukhiya v. The State of Bihar and Ors., arising out of PS Case No.-256 of 2014, Thana Baheri, District Darbhanga); oral order of Satyavrat Verma, J., dated 16-01-2024. Permission accorded to withdraw the quashing application; application dismissed as withdrawn; counsel had reserved liberty to raise all issues at the charge-framing stage if charges had not till date been framed. No statutes cited; no precedents engaged with; no quantum involved. Useful as a precedent only for the procedural practice of permitting withdrawal of quashing petitions with issues preserved for the framing-of-charge stage.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the quashing application; the application was dismissed as withdrawn (counsel had sought liberty to raise all issues at the time of framing of charge if charges till date had not been framed).