Rajeev Ranjan v. The State of Bihar
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What is this about?
Patna High Court, single judge (Honourable Mr. Justice Purnendu Singh), order dated 02-05-2025 in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.662 of 2024 arising out of Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5168 of 2020. Petitioners: Rajeev Ranjan and Akash Kumar (sons of Late Ashok Kumar Singh @ Ashok Singh, Dighwara, Saran). Opposite parties: State of Bihar, District Magistrate Saran (Sri Aman Samir, I.A.S.), Deputy Development Commissioner and CEO Zila Parishad Saran (Priyanka Rani, I.A.S.), Zila Parishad Chapra (Chairman Smt. Jaimitra Devi) and District Engineer (Sri Amrendra Kumar). The Court consigned the contempt petition because, pursuant to the show cause, a final order dated 16.04.2025 was passed in respect of the petitioners after giving them opportunity, filed as Annexure R6/B. Counsel: Nitesh Kumar for petitioners; K. P. Gupta (GP-10) and Deepanjali Gupta for the State; Nikesh Kumar for Zila Parishad. No statutes or precedents discussed.