Kisan Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: infructuous dismissal of criminal writ; quashing of Magistrate's order dated 24.01.2020; handover/custody of wife Soni Kumari to her parents; security of Sirisia OP Police Station; death of victim during pendency; Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah; PS Case No.-402/2019, Thana Chanpatia; Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.273 of 2021; High Court of Judicature at Patna; Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; decided 16-02-2023.
What did the court decide?
During the pendency of the writ application, the victim girl Soni Kumari, who had been handed over to her parents on 24.01.2020 pursuant to the impugned order, died. ¶14