Chandra Mohan Jha v. the State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Home Dept.,Old Secretariat, Bihar, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Chandra Mohan Jha v. State of Bihar and others; Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 441 of 2021; Patna High Court; decided 07-08-2023 by Justice Anil Kumar Sinha; dismissal for non-prosecution (default of appearance by petitioner and counsel on two consecutive occasions); arises out of a police-station case in District Madhubani (P.S. Ladaniya/Jainagar area); no relief granted, no quantum, no statutory or precedent citations; citable only as an instance of dismissal for default, not for any legal proposition.
What did the court decide?
The writ application was dismissed due to non-prosecution, as no one appeared for the petitioner on the date of hearing or on the previous occasion. ¶47