Amit Lodha v. The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Dep. of Home, Gov. of Bihar, Patna
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What is this about?
Three companion Patna High Court Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Cases - Nos. 167 of 2023 (petitioner Amit Lodha, Inspector General, State Crime Records Bureau, Bihar), 220 of 2023 (petitioner Komudi Lodha, wife of Amit Lodha) and 198 of 2024 (petitioner Amit Lodha) - arising out of Vigilance P.S. Case No. 17 of 2022, District Patna, were on 08-10-2025 dismissed as withdrawn by Arun Kumar Jha, J, at the petitioners' request, with liberty to pursue the reliefs before the learned Special Court. Respondents included the State of Bihar (Home Department), officers of the Special Vigilance Unit (SUV), the Chief General Manager of SBI and the Senior Vice President of HDFC Bank (the latter two only in Nos. 167 and 220 of 2023). Counsel: Shekhar Singh (Sr. Adv.) and Sumit Kumar for petitioners; Pawan Kumar, APP for the State; Rana Vikram Singh, Law Officer for the SUV; Amish Kumar for the SBI; Girijesh Kumar for the HDFC. Key terms: withdrawal of writ petitions; dismissed as withdrawn; liberty to approach Special Court; interim order merges with final order; vacation of interim order. No statutes or precedents cited; no quantum involved.