Dr. D.B. Pathak, Through His Poa Shri Sahil Pahwa v. The State of Bihar
Criminal Miscellaneous – compliance of costs
Case brief
What is this about?
Cr. Misc. No.38752 of 2025, Patna High Court, Sunil Dutta Mishra J., order dt. 03-07-2026, arising out of PS Case No. 550 of 2024, Muzaffarpur Town, District Muzaffarpur. Compliance listing of Rs.20,000/- cost imposed by order dated 15.12.2025 payable to the Lawyers' Association Welfare Benevolent Fund; petitioner's SLP (Crl.) No.5014 of 2026 dismissed by Supreme Court on 25.03.2026 with the High Court's cost made easy; no further compliance proceeding required; matter disposed. Petitioner: Dr. D.B. Pathak through POA Sahil Pahwa (counsel: Shashank Shekhar); opposite parties incl. State of Bihar and members of the Jha family (counsel: Nirmala Kumari, A.P.P.).
What did the court decide?
In view of the Supreme Court's order dated 25.03.2026 in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.5014 of 2026, whereby the SLP was dismissed and the cost imposed by the High Court was made easy, further proceeding with respect to compliance of the cost imposed on the petitioner is not required in the present case.