Jitendra Narayan Singh v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order (single judge, Dr. Anshuman, J) dated 24-03-2025 dismissing Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13403 of 2013 — Jitendra Narayan Singh v. State of Bihar / Principal Secretary (Home Prisons), Inspector General of Prisons, Joint Secretary-cum-Director Administration — solely for non-prosecution: petitioner absent on 24-03-2025 despite repeated calls and also on 09.12.2024 (order no.6). State side represented by Ms. Divya Verma (AC to AAG-3); petitioner side had no counsel. No statutes, precedents, issues or quantum involved. Citable, if at all, only as an instance of dismissal for non-prosecution/default, not for any substantive holding.
What did the court decide?
Since no one appeared for the petitioner despite repeated calls, and no appearance was made on 09.12.2024 either, the Court concluded that the petitioner was not interested to pursue the case and dismissed the writ petition due to non-prosecution.