Santosh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court MJC No.206 of 2022 (in CWJC No.237 of 2022), decided 19-03-2024; coram P.B. Bajanthri and Alok Kumar Pandey; petitioners Santosh Kumar, Jaganath Paswan, Rekha Devi (Jagdishpur Dharamu, Paroo, Muzaffarpur); opposite parties State of Bihar/Panchayati Department, State Election Commission (Panchayat) officials, DM-Cum-DEO Muzaffarpur, BDO-Cum-Returning Officer Panchayat Election 2021 Paroo; petition withdrawn by counsel and dismissed as withdrawn; no statute cited, no precedent cited, no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Upon counsel for the petitioner stating that he wished to withdraw the petition, the court took the withdrawal statement on record and dismissed the present MJC petition as withdrawn. ¶24