Umesh Mahto v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of criminal appeal at the instance of counsel; appeal dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted to appellants to surrender and seek regular bail; trial court directed to consider bail on merits without being prejudiced by the withdrawn anticipatory bail application; Patna High Court; CR. APP (SJ) No. 2442 of 2024; arises out of PS Case No. 32 of 2024, SC/ST Thana, District Samastipur; appellants include Umesh Mahto, Chandra Bhushan Thakur, Vinod Thakur, Heman Thakur, Manoj Kumar, Arvind Thakur, Adbud/Ajay Thakur, Jairam Thakur and Shambhu Jha; respondent/informant Shambhu Mallik; oral order dated 01-12-2025 by Justice Satyavrat Verma.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the appeal granted, with liberty to the appellants to surrender and seek regular bail; trial court directed to consider such regular-bail applications on their own merit without prejudice arising from the withdrawal of the appellants' anticipatory bail application before this Court.