Achhelal Mahto @ Achche Lal v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – withdrawal of application
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 75977 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Patna, decided 19-03-2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Anshuman (single Judge, oral order). Petitioner Achhelal Mahto @ Achche Lal (counsel: Mr. Baleshwar Kamat, Advocate) withdrew his anticipatory bail application arising out of Laukaha P.S. Case No. 227 of 2024, G.R. No. 2051/2024, Thana Laukaha, District Madhubani; the State of Bihar appeared through Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, A.P.P. Application dismissed as withdrawn; liberty to surrender within 4 weeks; Trial Court (S.D.J.M., Jhanjharpur) directed to decide the surrender-cum-bail application the same day on merits without prejudice. Keywords: withdrawal of anticipatory bail application, liberty to surrender, surrender-cum-bail, same-day disposal, Madhubani. No statutes or case law cited; no monetary reliefs.
What did the court decide?
Dismissed as withdrawn upon counsel's prayer; liberty granted to the petitioner to surrender before the Trial Court within 4 weeks, with a direction to the Trial Court to decide the surrender-cum-bail application the same day on its merits, without prejudice to the dismissal as withdrawn.