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Furqan Alam v. The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police (Dgp), Bihar, Patna

Patna HC29 Jan 2026CR. WJC/1866/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Writ petition (Article 226) seeking quashing of criminal proceedings dismissed as unmaintainable; judicial orders not amenable to Article 226 writ jurisdiction; Article 227 distinct; cognizance taken defeats writ entertainment; reliance on Neeta Singh v. State of U.P. (SLP(Crl.) 13578/2024); complaint case 411/2022 under Ss. 379, 323, 498A IPC before JMFC Aurangabad; repeated mediation referrals failed (Cr. Misc. 59658/2022; Cr. Rev. 523/2024, order dt. 23.04.2025); Patna High Court CR. WJC 1866/2025, 29-01-2026; Arun Kumar Jha, J.

What did the court decide?

A writ petition is not maintainable against judicial orders; moreover, once cognizance has been taken, the writ petition does not remain entertainable. ¶25

Furqan Alam Vs The State of Bihar through the… — Writ and Judicial Review | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition under Article 226 seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings in Complaint Case No. 411/2022 is maintainable when evidence has been recorded and the matter is fixed for arguments. +1 more

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Court's answer

A writ petition is not maintainable against judicial orders; moreover, once cognizance has been taken, the writ petition does not remain entertainable.

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Ratio / Principle

Since mediation has twice failed at the instance of Co-ordinate Benches and the matter has reached the stage of disposal before the trial court, no useful purpose will be served in again sending the case for mediation; the petitioner's mediation request is a tactic for buying time.

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Key takeaways

If aggrieved by the proceedings before the trial court, the petitioner may approach the appropriate forum in an appropriate proceeding, but in no case through a writ proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.ratio¶32

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Arun Kumar Jha, J) (CR. WJC No.1866 of 2025, decided 29-01-2026) dismissed a Criminal Writ Jurisdiction petition in which the petitioner sought a writ of certiorari under Article 226 to quash the entire criminal proceedings of Complaint Case No. 411/2022, Tr. No. 352/22 (Saima Arfa Vs. Furqan Alam), registered under Sections 379, 323, 498A IPC before the J.M. 1st Class, Aurangabad, at which stage the evidence of the parties had been recorded and the matter was fixed for arguments. Relying on Neeta Singh and Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. (Spl. L&A (Crl.) No(s). 13578/2024), the Court held that judicial orders are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226, that challenges lie by appeal, revision or Article 227, and that once cognizance has been taken a writ petition is not entertainable. It also declined a fresh referral to mediation, finding that two earlier mediations had failed and the request was a tactic for buying time; the petitioner was directed to seek redress in an appropriate proceeding before the appropriate forum, but never through a writ under Article 226.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1866 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-411 Year-2022 Thana- AURANGABAD COMPLAINT CASE District- Aurangabad

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Furqan Alam S/o Zahiruddin Ansari Resident of Ward No. 3, Baradari Mohalla, Purani Sahar Daudnagar, P.S.- Daud Nagar, District- Aurangabad. Presently posted in the office of Comman dant 104, Brn. BSF Khasiamangal, Taliamura (Tripurra)

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police (DGP), Bihar, Patna Bihar

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Smt. Saima Arfa @ Saima Aasfa W/o Furqan Ahmad, D/o- Md. Isheteyaq Ahmad Resident of Ward No. 3, Baradari Mohalla- Purani, Shahar Daudnagar, P.S.- Daudnagar, District- Aurangabad. At present R/o VillageBalapokhar, P.S.- Deo, District- Auranagabad

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rampravesh Nath Tiwari, Adv. For the State : G.P. 11 For the Respondent no.2 : Mr. Santosh Kr. Pandey, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER

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3 29-01-2026

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The present writ petition has been filed by the

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petitioner seeking following reliefs:-

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“(i) For issuance of appropriate writ/ writs in the nature of writ of certiorari for quashing of entire criminal proceedings pending against the petitioner in connection with complaint case No. 411/2022, Tr. No. 352/22 (Saima Arfa Vs. Furqan Alam), pending before the court of Sri Shad Razaque Learned J.M. Ist Class, Aurangabad, Registered U/S-379, 323, 498A for the reason that the prosecution against the

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1866 of 2025(3) dt.29-01-2026 2/5

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petitioner is totally false and malacious and the same has initiated by respondent No.2 to pressurize the petitioner to ensure compliance of her unreasonable demands.

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(ii) For issuance of direction/ direction of Court concern i.e. the Court of J.M. 1st Class, Aurangabad to stay the proceedings of complaint case No. 411/2022, Tr. No. 352/2022 against the petitioner during pendency of the instant writ application.

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(iii) For issuance of any other relief / reliefs for which the petitioner is entitled to on the facts and circumstances of the case.”

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 2 submits that pursuant to Complaint Case No. 411 of 2022, Tr. No. 352/22 pending before the learned JMFC, Aurangabad registered for the offences under Sections 379, 323, 498A of the IPC, evidence of the parties have been recorded and the matter is fixed for arguments. Therefore, the present writ petition is not maintainable.

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I find weight in the submission of the learned counsel for the respondent no. 2. Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Neeta Singh and Ors. Vs. State of U.P. & Ors., Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 13578/2024 has held that the judicial orders of the civil court are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution and that jurisdiction under Article 227 is distinct from jurisdiction under

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1866 of 2025(3) dt.29-01-2026 3/5

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Article 226. It further held that challenge to judicial orders could lie by way of an appeal or a revision or under Article 227 of the Constitution and not by way of a writ under Articles 226 and 32. Further, Hon’ble Supreme Court in paragraph 15 has held as under:-

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“15. In view of the decision in Prakash Chand (supra), we hold that nomenclature of a petition read with the substance thereof does matter. Much depends on what the subject matter of the petition is and who is entrusted to hear and decide it. A Judge of a high court having been assigned petitions under Article 226 for hearing and decision by its Chief Justice cannot, if he (the Judge) finds that the petition filed under Article 226 should have ideally been filed under Article 227, treat the petition as one under Article 227 and proceed to hear and decide it, unless the Chief Justice has also assigned to such Judge petitions under Article 227 of the Constitution for hearing and decision. If not so assigned, the learned Judge may, in his discretion, direct the petition to be treated as one under Article 227 for being placed before the learned Judge having assignment. This is mandatory and, therefore, one finds the caution sounded by this Court in the opening sentence of paragraph 26 of Pepsi Foods (supra) to be of extreme significance.”

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In the light of decision of the Supreme Court, it is

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clear that a writ petition is not maintainable against judicial orders. Moreover if cognizance have been taken, the writ petition does not remain entertainable.

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Today the learned counsel for the petitioner

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1866 of 2025(3) dt.29-01-2026 4/5

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submits that the matter has a chance of settlement and the matter may be referred to the mediation centre for bringing out a settlement between the parties.

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It has also been pointed out that the petitioner has earlier approached this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 59658 of 2022 wherein submission was made that the parties have settled the dispute between them through the process of mediation and have been staying together and thereafter pre-arrest bail was granted to the petitioner. However the petitioner did not abide by the settlement as is claimed by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no. 2. Further in Cr. Rev. No. 523 of 2024 vide order dated 23.04.2025 the matter was again referred for mediation and admittedly the said mediation has again failed.

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I consider the submission made on behalf of the petitioner to be only a tactics for buying time. When mediation has twice failed between the parties, which has been initiated at the instance of the learned Co-ordinate Benches and the matter has reached the stage of disposal before the learned trial court, no useful purpose will be served in again sending the case for mediation. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the proceeding before the learned trial court, the course open to the petitioner is

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Patna High Court CR. WJC No.1866 of 2025(3) dt.29-01-2026 5/5

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to approach the appropriate forum in appropriate proceeding but in no case in a writ proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

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Therefore, I do not find the present writ petition fit to be maintainable and hence the same is dismissed.

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(Arun Kumar Jha, J)

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Anuradha/-

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Furqan Alam v. The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police (Dgp), Bihar, Patna

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