Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State of Bihar through Director General of Police, Government of Bihar, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge oral order, High Court of Judicature at Patna, Criminal Writ Jurisdiction (CR. WJC No.596 of 2025), decided 23-06-2025. Subject: petitioner's prayer for issuance of writ/directions to lodge FIR against 2nd-set respondents (private individuals incl. Ravi Kumar @ Kavi Kumar and family of Murtujiganj, Mehandiganj PS area, Patna) and for investigation/arrest; prior representations to police authorities proved fruitless. Outcome: dismissed as infructuous on counsel's concession. Keywords: FIR registration, police inaction, mandamus-type writ, infructuous dismissal, Mehandiganj Police Station, Patna City, State of Bihar, DGP/IGP/SP/SDPO/SHO, no merits adjudication, minimal citation value.
What did the court decide?
As learned counsel for the petitioner stated that the application had become infructuous, the Court dismissed the application as having become infructuous; no substantive direction on lodgment of the FIR was issued.