Santosh Kumar Singh v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Court: High Court of Judicature at Patna | Case: CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1090 of 2021 (underlying: PS Case No.-99 Year-2020, Thana GARKHA, District Saran) | Appellant: Santosh Kumar Singh | Respondent: The State Of Bihar | Bench: Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh (sole member, author of the oral order) | Decision date: 09-10-2025 | Disposition: anticipatory bail petition dismissed for non-prosecution | Key observations: nobody appeared for the petitioner for the second consecutive date; State counsel present; petitioner deemed to have lost interest | Statutes cited: none | Precedents cited: none | Counsel: none named (appellant side 'NONE'; respondent side entry incomplete ('Mr.')) | Caveat: caption styles the matter as a Criminal Appeal (SJ) but the body treats and disposes of it as an anticipatory bail petition; the document does not explain the styling.
What did the court decide?
The Court dismissed the bail petition for non-prosecution.