Kalawati Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal in want of prosecution; vacation/vacating of interim stay granted 05.05.2022; petitioner absent on repeated call; adjournments without reason over two previous orders; Criminal Miscellaneous No.6730 of 2022; High Court of Judicature at Patna; arising out of PS Case No.-43 Year-2019, Mahila PS, Katihar; petitioners Kalawati Devi and Biendra Kumar Ojha @ Birendra Ojha; opposite parties The State of Bihar and Sangita Kumari; counsel Dr. Ajeet Kumar for petitioners; Chandra Shekhar Jha, J; order dated 18-08-2022; no statutes or precedents cited; purely procedural order, no substantive holding.
What did the court decide?
The Court dismissed the petition in want of prosecution, taking the petitioner's conduct (repeated absences on calls and adjournments without reason over the previous two orders) as sufficient to show loss of interest in prosecuting the case.