Ajit Jha @ Ajit Kumar Jha @ Ajeet Kumar Jha v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail withdrawal; permission to withdraw anticipatory bail application; dismissal as withdrawn; liberty to surrender and seek regular bail; District Court to consider regular bail on own merit without prejudice from withdrawal; SHO/Investigating Officer personal appearance dispensed with; compliance with interim order dated 04.12.2025. Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.29043 of 2025; order dated 18-12-2025; Justice Satyavrat Verma; PS Case No. 368 of 2024; Dalsinghsarai; Samastipur; petitioner Ajit Jha @ Ajit Kumar Jha @ Ajeet Kumar Jha; opposite parties the State of Bihar and Kunal Rai (informant); counsel: Ashok Chaudhary Sr. Advocate (petitioner), Chandra Bhushan Prasad Learned A.P.P. (State), Piyush Kumar Pandey (informant).
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned District Court and seek regular bail; the learned District Court directed to consider any such regular bail application on its own merit without being prejudiced by the withdrawal.