Prabhash Kumar v. State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Home Department, State Government of Bihar, Patna.
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: writ petition dismissed as misconceived; Patna High Court CR. WJC 220/2025; Patliputra PS Case 751/2023; Anticipatory Bail Petition 9549/2023; fake deponent Prahlad Narain; CBI FIR/investigation direction refused; Section 340 Cr.P.C.; Sections 191/192/193 IPC; Cr. Misc. No. 333 of 2024; order dated 11.12.2024 of ASJ 5th Patna; liberty to challenge anticipatory bail final order; show-causes 10.11.2023 and 05.12.2023; Sri Budhia Swain vs. Gopinath Deb; Ganesh Patel vs. UmakantRajoria (referred only, within petitioner's prayer). Useful for: outcomes where courts decline writ-driven directions to CBI and route grievance to challenging the bail final order.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted. Alongside dismissal, the petitioner was given liberty to challenge the final order passed in the anticipatory bail application taking all grounds, including that the deponent is a fake deponent.