Shiva Narayan Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. WJC No. 469 of 2022, decided 12-01-2026 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Petitioners Shiva Narayan Singh & Anr. (counsel Prashant Sinha) versus State of Bihar & Ors. (counsel Md. Khurshid Alam). Subject: maintainability of a writ petition under Articles 226/227 against a judicial order; conversion of the Criminal Writ petition into a Criminal Miscellaneous petition under Rule 3(v) Patna High Court Rules. Precedents relied on: Neeta Singh v. State of U.P., 2024 SCC OnLine SC 5761 (SLP (Crl.) 13578 of 2024); Radhey Shyam v. Chhabi Nath, (2015) 5 SCC 423. Impugned: order dated 22.02.2022 in Cr. Revision No. 77 of 2020 rejecting revision against SDM, Sadar, Darbhanga order dated 21.01.2020 in M.R. No. 2797 of 2019. Outcome: permission to convert; no merits adjudication; no monetary reliefs.
What did the court decide?
Permission granted to convert the Criminal Writ Jurisdiction petition into a Criminal Miscellaneous petition within two weeks; Office directed to extend all cooperation towards the conversion.