Rohit Kumar Tripathi v. Rajwinder Singh Bhatti
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt/MJC dismissed as infructuous; Patna High Court MJC No.2914 of 2023 arising out of Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.920 of 2022; petitioner Rohit Kumar Tripathi alleged wilful disobedience and deliberate noncompliance of Court's order dated 27.04.2023; prosecution against petitioner already quashed in quashing application during pendency; no cause of action; dismissed as infructuous by Dr. Anshuman, J on 30-08-2024; opposite parties included DGP Bihar (Rajwinder Singh Bhatti), Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Home Deptt. (K Senthil Kumar), I.G. Central Range (Rakesh Rathi), City SP Patna West (Rajesh Kumar), ASP Danapur (Abhinav Dhiman), SHO Khagaul PS (Phooldev Choudhary), SI Khagaul PS (Tarun Kumar) and Om Prakash Tiwari; no statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Accepting learned counsel's submission that the prosecution against the petitioner, Rohit Kumar Tripathi, had already been quashed during the pendency of the MJC so that no cause of action remained, the Court found the contempt application infructuous and dismissed it. The Court made no finding on whether wilful disobedience of the order dated 27.04.2023 had in fact occurred.