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Stuti Lal v. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar

Patna HC15 Jun 2026CR. WJC/1191/2026

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1191 of 2026, decided 15-06-2026; habeas-type criminal writ; petitioner Stuti Lal; corpus (father of Respondent Nos. 6 and 7, 'S/O Bikrama Lal') interacted with online from residence of son Alok Kumar (Respondent No. 7) and stated he is safe and residing with his son; withdrawal permitted; writ dismissed as withdrawn; bench Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Kumar Manish; State of Bihar/Home Department and police officials arrayed as Respondent Nos. 1-5; counsel for Respondent No. 6: Kumar Prateek, Rahul Kumar Dubey, Aman Ashish, Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Sachin Kumar; no statutes or precedents cited.

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Permission to withdraw the writ application ¶25

Stuti Lal Vs The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1191 of 2026

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Stuti Lal W/O Yash Dayma, D/O Late Anupam Kumar R/O K-110, P.C. Colony, Housing Board Office, Hanuman Nagar, P.O. -Kankarbagh, P.SPatrakarnagar, Distt. -Patna (Bihar), PIN- 800020 and Currently residing at 1822, Dadhichi Bhawan, Govind Rai Ji ka Rasta, Purani Basti, Distt.- Jaipur (Rajasthan), PIN- 302001.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar

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The Secretary, Department of Home (Police), Old Secretariat, Bailey Road, Government of Bihar

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The Director General of Police, Bihar Patna

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The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna

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The Investigating Officer, Add. S.H.O. of Patrakar Nagar Police Station, Patna

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Abhay Kumar S/O Bikrama Lal R/O 94/1301, Sea Woods Estate, NRI complex, Phase-2, Palm Beach Road, Near D.P.S School, Sector- 54/56/58, P.S.- Nehrul, Distt.- Navi Mumbai, State- Maharastra- 400615, Currently residing at Tower 29, flat No. 401, Commonwealth Games Village, near Akshardham Temple, P.S- Mandawali, Delhi-110092.

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Alok Kumar S/O Bikrama Lal R/O 3843, County Road 317, MC Kinney, P.S.- MC Kinney, Police Department Headquarters, Texas- 75069.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Akash Shankar, Advocate Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate Ms. Archana Kushwaha, Advocate Ms. Nausheen Fatma, Advocate
For the State : Mr. AC to AAG-13
For the Resp No. 6 : Mr. Kumar Prateek, Advocate Mr. Rahul Kumar Dubey, Advocate Mr. Aman Ashish, Advocate Mr. Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Advocate Mr. Sachin Kumar, Advocate

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====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD

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and

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HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KUMAR MANISH ORAL ORDER

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(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD)

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2 15-06-2026 We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner,

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1191 of 2026(2) dt.15-06-2026 2/2

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learned AC to AAG-13 for the State and learned counsel for the Respondent No. 6 at length.

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2. In course of hearing, we got occasion to interact with the corpus, namely, Sri Bikrama Lal, who is present online from the residence of one of his sons, namely, Mr. Alok Kumar (Respondent No. 7). Mr. Bikrama Lal has made a statement that he is safe and is residing with his son.

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3. After the aforesaid interaction was over, learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission to withdraw this writ application.

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4. Permission is granted.

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5. Accordingly, this writ application is dismissed as

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withdrawn.

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(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)

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(Kumar Manish, J)

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Abhishek/lekhi/-

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Stuti Lal v. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar

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