Ajeet Kumar Pandey @ Ajit Kumar Pandey @ Ajit Pandey @ Ajit Dutt Pandey v. the State of Bihar through the Director General of Police, Patna, Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CR. WJC No.179 of 2024; decision dated 21-02-2024; single bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri. Criminal writ jurisdiction petition (petitioner Ajeet Kumar Pandey alias Ajit Kumar Pandey alias Ajit Pandey alias Ajit Dutt Pandey) arising out of P.S. Case No. 1017 of 2018, Patna complaint case, against State of Bihar (DGP), SSP Patna, SP (Central) Patna, SHO Buddha Colony P.S. and Lala Rai. Held: order impugned amenable to revision under S. 397 read with S. 401 Cr.P.C.; writ petition not maintainable; petitioner allowed to convert writ petition to criminal revision subject to Patna High Court Rules; liberty to mention for early hearing after conversion; writ petition treated as withdrawn. Keywords: writ versus revision jurisdiction; maintainability; Section 397 CrPC; Section 401 CrPC; conversion of writ petition to criminal revision; withdrawal with liberty.
What did the court decide?
Instant writ petition treated as withdrawn; petitioner permitted to convert it into a criminal revision (subject to the Patna High Court Rules permitting conversion) and at liberty to mention the matter for early hearing immediately after conversion.