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Jitwahan Sharma v. the State of Bihar and Ors.

Patna HC9 Jul 2026MJC/2980/2012

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What is this about?

A contempt application alleging disobedience of an earlier writ judgment was taken up after the sole petitioner's death. The court granted liberty to the heirs to agitate the matter afresh if they so wished and disposed of the miscellaneous case.

What did the court decide?

Liberty granted to the heirs of the deceased petitioner to file a fresh petition if they so wish; MJC No.2980 of 2012 disposed of.

Jitwahan Sharma Vs the State of Bihar and Ors. — Contempt of Court | Patna HC (2026)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.2980 of 2012

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Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13694 of 2005

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JITWAHAN SHARMA S/O Late Yadunandan Sharma Resident Of MohallaVevekanand Colony, Resident Of Ward No. 10, Deodharpur, Tekari, P.STekari, District- Gaya.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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THE STATE OF BIHAR and ORS

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The Secretary, Dr. C. Ashok Bardhan, Department Of Revenue Government Of Bihar, Patna.

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Director, Mukung Singh Minna, Department Of Revenue, Government Of Bihar, Patna.

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The District Magistrate, Ms. Vandana Preyasi, Gaya.

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Rakesh Kumar, The Sub Divisional Officer Tekari, District- Gaya.

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Munna Prasad, Circle Officer, Tekari, District- Gaya.

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Ajay Kumar Singh, Tekari Municipality Through Its Executive Officer, Gaya

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Ajay Kumar Singh, The Executive Officer, Tekari Municipality, Tekari, District- Gaya,.

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Ramji Prasad S/O Late Jayanandan Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Ram Pravesh Singh S/O Late Yamuna Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Vijay Prasad Singh S/O Ishwari Prasad Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Radhey Sao S/O Late Lala Sao Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sanjay Kumar S/O Late Baijnath Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Ganesh Pandey S/O Late Basudeo Pandey Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sheo Yadav S/O Mohan Yadav Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sri Ram Sharma S/Olate Ambika Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Kamla Singh S/O Late Parasnath Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Mahendra Prasad S/O Late Ram Chandra Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Kamala Prasad S/O Late Baijnath Sao Resident Of Vivekanand Colony De-

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Patna High Court MJC No.2980 of 2012(25) dt.09-07-2026 2/4

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odharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Raj Kumar Gupta S/Olate Munni Sao Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Jagdeo Choudhary S/O Late Basant Chaudhary Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Laxmi Pd. S/O Shankar Sao Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Manoj Prasad S/O Siyaam Sudhir Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Vijay Prasad S/O Late Tuknarayan Sao Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sheonath Prasad S/O Late Etwar Sah Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Ashok Sandil S/O Madheshwar Shama Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Prem Kumar S/O Rajaram Prasad Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Binod Paswan S/O Ramdeo Paswan Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Kishari Yadav S/O Somar Yadav Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sheo Lal Yadav S/O Ram Chandra Yadav Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Saroj Paswan S/O Rameshwar Paswan Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Ganauri Yadav S/O Jethan Yadav Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Ajay Kumar S/O Late Rajendra Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Rajeshwar Singh S/O Late Chandrika Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sitaram Singh S/O Late Kamla Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Siyaram Singh S/O Kamla Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Rakesh Sharma S/O Surendra Nath Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sanjay Sharma S/O Surendra Nath Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Tej Narayan Singh S/O Kamla Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Sheo Nandan Singh S/O Late Ambika Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Patna High Court MJC No.2980 of 2012(25) dt.09-07-2026 3/4

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Ishwari Prasad S/O Pratap Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Anil Sharma S/O Kamlesh Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Rameshwar Yadav S/O Late Chandrabali Singh Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Banke Bihari Sharma S/O Ramesh Sharma Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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Hameed Khan, Masjid Secretary, Tekari S/O............... Resident Of Vivekanand Colony Deodharpur, Ward No. 10, Tekari, P.S- Tekari, Gaya.

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bishnu Kant Dubey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Raghuwanand, GA-11 Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, AC to GA-11 ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER

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25 09-07-2026 Heard the parties.

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The present petition has been preferred for the fol-

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lowing relief/s:

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for initiation of a Rule of contempt proceeding against the contemnors opposite parties particularly contemnor- opposite party no.5, 7 and 8 for their wilful and intentional disobedience and violation of the order and judgement passed in CWJC No.13694 of 2005 (Jitwahan Sharma Versus the State of Bihar and others) on 24.11.2011 by a Bench of this Hon'ble Court comprising Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ah-

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Patna High Court MJC No.2980 of 2012(25) dt.09-07-2026 4/4

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sanuddin Amanullah and after such initiation of contempt proceeding to convict and punish them suitably.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the sole petitioner died in the year 2012 and as such, liberty be granted to the heirs if they so want to file petition once again.

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Learned State Counsel submits that such liberty is/are always there.

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Taking into account the submissions of the parties, granting liberty to the heirs to agitate the matter afresh, if they so want, MJC No. 2980 of 2012 is disposed of.

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(Rajiv Roy, J)

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ankita/-

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Jitwahan Sharma v. the State of Bihar and Ors.

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