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The petitioner, a State Bank of India officer with over thirty years of service, was transferred from the Digha Branch, Patna, to the Muzaffarpur Zone and was subsequently placed at the disposal of the Regional Busine...
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The petitioner claimed that he had been engaged as a Safai Karmi/Sweeper at the Block Office, Bahadurganj, Kishanganj, from 3 February 2006, initially on monthly remuneration of ₹500, subsequently enhanced to ₹9,828.
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The petitioner challenged the order dated 31.10.2018 by which the District and Sessions Judge, Darbhanga dismissed Criminal Revision No. 377 of 2018, thereby affirming the Magistrate’s order dated 21.07.2018 in Bahadu...
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The petitioner, a child in conflict with law (CICL), was implicated in Sonpur P.S. Case No. 804 of 2024, initially registered under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, concerning the disappearance of...
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The parties married on 5 May 2009 according to Hindu rites and customs and had two children, born in 2010 and 2015.
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A four-and-a-half-year-old minor girl was murdered in Sakra, Muzaffarpur, and the petitioner’s name emerged during investigation, although he was not named in the FIR.
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The petitioner, a child in conflict with law (“CICL”), was implicated in Phulwari Sharif P.S. Case No. 1239 of 2025 for offences under Sections 103(1), 238, 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, arising...
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The petitioner was appointed on compassionate grounds as a Revenue Clerk (Rajaswa Karamchari) by the District Magistrate, Darbhanga, pursuant to the recommendation of the District Compassionate Appointment Committee,...
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The petitioner-informant filed an application under Section 439(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to opposite party no. 2, Awadhesh Mahto, in Nawada P.S....
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On 24 August 2025, during police patrol, information was allegedly received that the petitioner was carrying a pistol and intimidating local residents. A police team searched him and allegedly recovered a loaded pisto...
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The petitioner, a child in conflict with law (CICL), was implicated in Chautham P.S. Case No. 90 of 2025 for offences under Sections 103(1) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
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The petitioner, Constable No. 765 in the Bihar Police, was deputed at Mehsi Circle Guard along with Constables Nebulal Prasad and Prithvi Nath Dubey.
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The petitioner, a Sub-Inspector of Police and then Station House Officer of Lakhnaur Police Station, Madhubani, was suspended on 8 July 2011 following allegations concerning the escape of an accused, Md. Farukh, and i...
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On 16 December 2009, an under-trial prisoner, Manjelal Sahni, escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment in the general ward of Sadar Hospital, Motihari. Five police constables had been deputed to guard hi...
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The complainant, Pramod Kumar Agrawal, alleged that a registered partition deed executed in 1966 divided ancestral property among four branches of the family.
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The appellant-husband and respondent no. 1-wife were married on 02 July 2006 and had a male child born in 2010.
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Food grains, including rice and wheat, were seized from the appellant’s godown as essential commodities.
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The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking directions to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Darbhanga, in Maintenance Case No. 66 of 2023.
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The appellant instituted Probate Case No. 31 of 2014 seeking probate of an alleged Will. After the respondent entered a caveat and disputed the Will, the proceeding became contentious and was registered as Title Suit...
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