HCMONTHLY CASE LAW ARCHIVE
Read 55 LawLens analyses of Patna High Court judgments published in August 2026, covering key rulings, legal principles and case law.
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The petitioner, a contractor, was engaged to print and supply ration cards and checklists pursuant to a work order dated 2 March 2015.
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The informant, Sneha, and petitioner no. 2, Pawan Kumar, underwent a ring ceremony on 9 March 2019, and their marriage was fixed for 25 May 2019.
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The petitioner was awarded three public works under Agreement Nos. SBD 869/2019-20, 870/2019-20 and 871/2019-20, all dated 27 February 2020, and claimed to have completed them satisfactorily.
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The prosecution arose from a written report alleging that, on 9 July 2019, the informant’s approximately fifteen-year-old granddaughter, Jyoti Kumari, was taken away on a motorcycle by Sourav Kumar for the purpose of...
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The petitioners, who were family members of the husband of Opposite Party No. 2, sought quashing of Bypass P.S. Case No. 96 of 2022, registered for offences under Sections 341, 323, 506 and 498A read with Section 34 o...
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The petitioner, a Junior Engineer in the Rural Works Department, Work Division, Araria, was accused along with a Sub-Divisional Officer of demanding illegal gratification from a contractor for release of his final bil...
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The appellants were prosecuted in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 515 of 2021, based on the victim’s mother’s allegation that, on 20 November 2021, the appellants took her minor daughter towards a Rahar field...
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On 14 November 1995, the informant, Chinta Devi, alleged that the appellants and other accused persons entered her courtyard armed with lathis and a khanti, demanded a compromise in an earlier land dispute, and, upon...
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On 5 October 2002 at approximately 10:00 p.m., the informant alleged that the appellants assaulted him when he went outside his house to urinate. Appellant No. 5, Bhusi Paswan, allegedly inflicted a head injury with a...
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The petitioner, a Chartered Accountant partnership firm, challenged Clause 9 of the Request for Proposal issued by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University under Tender Notice No. BU/2026/02 dated 18 April 2026 for...
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Acting on secret information that Hari Kishor Prasad had kept a stolen motorcycle at his residence, a police team visited his house and allegedly found a Hero Splendor Plus motorcycle parked at the door. The appellant...
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The petitioner, a Professor of Geography at Maharana Pratap College, Mohania, an affiliated college managed by its Governing Body, sought directions for release of his withheld salary for January–April 2026 amounting...
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The respondents issued e-Tender No. 01/ePROC/SGBP/2025-26 dated 20 August 2025 for providing sanitation services at Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Patna, for one year.
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The petitioner participated in a tender issued under the Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana for construction and six years’ routine maintenance of rural roads and bridges. His bid was technically qualified on 4 Decembe...
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The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation issued NIT No. 573 dated 26 June 2024 for selection and empanelment of contractors for doorstep delivery of food grains in Nalanda district.
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The petitioner, proprietor of Hamara Industries, maintained a cash-credit account with the Bank of India at an agreed rate of BPLR plus 2%.
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The petitioner’s husband, a Daftari in the office of the erstwhile Deputy Collector, Revenue Division, Gaya, died in harness on 4 June 1996. The District Compassionate Appointment Committee, Gaya recommended her appoi...
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The petitioner participated in NIT No. RWD/MMGSY (AWSESH-SC)/HQ/ET/2025-26/25 dated 4 October 2025 for Package No. MMGSY (AWSESH-SC) Harnaut-883, Tender ID-145414. He was declared technically qualified, emerged as the...
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The petitioner, Najma Khatoon, claimed family pension as the second wife of Late Md. Usman, a deceased Government employee who died on 14 October 2024.
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The respondent, a railway employee, was allotted Railway Quarter No. 951/B at Sahebpara, Katihar. After his transfer from Katihar to Kasba in January 2014, he joined at Kasba and subsequently informed the railway auth...
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On 10 May 2018, SSB personnel allegedly intercepted the appellant, Bihari Lal, at Raxaul and recovered twenty slabs of suspected charas concealed in a black laptop bag. The total gross weight was stated to be 10 kilog...
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The petitioners, members of one family, invoked Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking quashing of the order dated 11 September 2020 by which the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna, took cognizance in G.R...
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Biraj Kumar, aged approximately 18 months, went missing from his house on 6 August 2017. His father, Sanjay Ram (PW-6), alleged prior enmity and threats by Parmila Devi, Shravan Ram and Mitesh Ram, and lodged a writte...
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Bihta P.S. Case No. 704 of 2017 was registered for offences under Sections 326 and 302/34 of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act after Nirbhay Singh was allegedly shot by masked assailants and subsequently died dur...
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The petitioner, Pipal Tree Ventures Private Limited, entered into an agreement/Memorandum of Understanding with the Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society for implementing a placement-linked skill-development progra...
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The petitioner was engaged as a Handling-cum-Transportation Agent at PWS Daraunda under an agreement stated to be valid from 8 July 2024 to 7 July 2026.
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The petitioner, a registered dealer engaged in trading cement and allied goods, was subjected to scrutiny proceedings under Section 61 of the Bihar Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“BGST Act”) for the period July 201...
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The Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, issued a tender for construction and five-year routine maintenance of a rural bridge under the Mukhyamantri Gramin Setu Yojana pursuant to NIT No. RWD/MGSY/HQ/ET/06/24-...
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The petitioner, a registered contractor, entered into an agreement with the erstwhile Patna Regional Development Authority (PRDA) on 2 September 2008 for construction of a PCC road and underground drainage from Hanuma...
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The petitioner operated a retail outlet, M/s Maa Bhawani Filling Station, at Khudna Rupaspur, Katihar, under a dealership agreement executed with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on 10 December 2008.
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The petitioner, widow of Late Md. Abdul Wahid, sought a writ directing Punjab National Bank to transfer approximately Rs. 24 lakhs lying in the deceased’s savings and fixed-deposit accounts to her bank account, claimi...
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Petitioner No. 1, Ajit Kumar Singh, and Petitioner No. 2, Aarti Singh, his wife, held separate domestic electricity connections in their respective names.
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The petitioner, proprietor of M/s Prabhu Engineering Works at Raghunathpur, Buxar, applied under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a credit-linked subsidy scheme administered by the Ministr...
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The petitioner, an industrial unit manufacturing alloy steel ingots through an electrical induction furnace, entered into a High Tension Specified Service Agreement dated 27 February 2006 with the erstwhile Bihar Stat...
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The petitioner, a registered co-operative society, was awarded the Sahebganj–Manihari inter-state ferry-ghat transportation contract for the financial years 2022–2023 and 2023–2024.
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The petitioner, a retired Assistant Engineer-cum-Sub-Divisional Officer in the Water Resources Department, was involved in the execution of construction works relating to the right and left guide bundhs of Malai Barra...
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Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 394 of 2024 was registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303 and 103 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging that the petitioner and other accused...
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On 11 December 2017, police received information that several persons had assembled with pickup vans and Bolero vehicles and were discussing their purchase. A police team reached the spot, apprehended seven persons—in...
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The petitioner, Secretary of Sahpur Block Matsyajivi Sahyog Samiti Ltd., challenged notices dated 2 March 2024 and 15 April 2024 issued by the District Fishery Officer-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Bhojpur, demanding ₹...
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The complainant, Priyanka Devi, alleged that her marriage with petitioner no. 1, Manoj Kumar, was solemnised on 26 November 2015 after her family paid approximately ₹15 lakh as dowry and incurred substantial marriage...
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Manju Devi filed Complaint Case No. 221 of 2016 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arwal, alleging that Sima Kumari had filed a mutation application concerning land and that Upendra Prasad, a peon posted in the Off...
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The appellants challenged the judgment dated 25 August 2023 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 16994 of 2009 concerning compensation arising from Land Acquisition Case No. 11 of 2006–07.
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The Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar (“CSBC”) issued Advertisement No. 1 of 2017 for recruitment to the post of Constable (Police). The appellant applied, passed the written examination held on 15 October 2...
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The appellant, a juvenile, challenged the order dated 08.01.2025 passed by the District and Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge, Madhepura, in B.P. No. 3012 of 2024, arising from Alamnagar P.S. Case No. 7 of...
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The petitioner, a Police Inspector in the Bihar Police, had earlier officiated as Sergeant Major at the Katihar Police Centre from 20 June 2016 to 30 September 2016.
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The petitioner, an Assistant Section Officer in the Urban Development and Housing Department, was implicated in Special Vigilance P.S. Case No. 56 of 2022 under Sections 7/8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988,...
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The petitioners challenged the order dated 12 August 2024 passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Sadar, Purnea, in Case No. 752 of 2024 under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”), ini...
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The petitioner, a superannuated constable, approached the Patna High Court seeking grant of ACP/MACP benefits.
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The petitioner, a second-year B.Tech student, was alleged to have joined approximately 25 other students in creating a nuisance at Supaul College of Engineering following dissatisfaction over internal marks.
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On 27 April 2010, a cow belonging to Jitendra Chaubey allegedly entered and damaged the maize crop of informant Surendra Chaubey’s family.
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The petitioner was engaged as a Special Survey Amin under the Bihar Special Survey Honorarium Based Contract Employment Rules, 2019, and was posted at the Settlement Office, Madhepura
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On 4 December 2023, Customs authorities seized 24,710 kg of Assam dried areca nuts and an Ashok Leyland truck under Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962, alleging violations of Sections 7, 11, 46 and 47 of the Act rea...
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The prosecution alleged that, during the night of 24–25 July 1992, Pannalal Ram entered the deceased Triloki Ram’s room with co-accused Chhathu Ram, Budhan Ram and Gorakh Ram. It was alleged that Chhathu Ram and Budha...
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The petitioner held P.D.S. Dealership Licence No. 70/2018 for a shop within Ghaillarh Panchayat, District Madhepura, pursuant to a selection process initiated by a general notice dated 5 August 2017.
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The petitioner applied for selection as a Public Distribution System (PDS) dealer for Ward No. 13 of Pakridayal Town Panchayat, East Champaran. She claimed that she was a woman, belonged to a minority community, and p...
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