In an oral order, the High Court at Patna dismissed an application seeking quashing of POCSO charges and withdrawal of criminal proceedings. The petitioner was allowed to withdraw the application with liberty to raise arguments at a later stage.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26394 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2022 Thana- BYPASS District- Patna
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Manish Kumar Son Of Rohan Das @ Mahendra Das Resident Of VillageBairiya, Ps-Sampatchak, Distt- Patna
... ... Petitioner/s
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rakesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Bishweshwar Ram ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER
02.02.2023 by which learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-VII-cum-Exclusive Special Court (POCSO Act), Patna charged the petitioner under Section 363, 376 of the I.P.C. and under Section 4, 8 and 12 of the POCSO Act in Special Case No. (POCSO) 101 of 2022 arising out of By-pass P.S. Case No. 34 of 2022 and for quashing the entire criminal proceeding, pending before the court below.
2 . After some argument, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with liberty to raise all the points at an appropriate stage.
3 . Accordingly, this application is dismissed as
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26394 of 2023(2) dt.01-07-2024 2/2
withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
Shishir/-
U T
Manish Kumar
The State Of Bihar
Manjeeta Kumari
Sandeep Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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