Dhanwanti Devi v. The State of Bihar through Home Secretary, Home Department, Government of Bihar, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18 of 2026 (CR. WJC No.18 of 2026), Dhanwanti Devi v. State of Bihar and others, decided 25-06-2026 by Honourable Mr. Justice Arun Kumar Jha. Petition challenged charge-sheet no. 60/2025 (dated 23.04.2025), cognizance order dated 28.05.2025 of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VII, Bhojpur at Ara, and charge order dated 07.10.2025 of District and Additional Sessions Judge-VII in Session Case No. 301/2025, arising out of Krishnagarh P.S. Case No. 08/2025 (Year-2025, District Bhojpur), alleging investigation without proper fairness and seeking SIT probe. Held: cognizance order not amenable to Article 226 writ jurisdiction; withdrawal permitted with liberty; petition disposed. Keywords: Article 226, writ maintainability, cognizance order, charge-sheet, certiorari, quashing, withdrawal with liberty, SIT investigation.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to have recourse of law in an appropriate proceeding before the appropriate forum.