2026:JHHC:2079 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI WP(S) No.4413 of 2023 ----- Colonel Pravin Kumar (Retd.), aged about-62 years, S/o Late Sri Gopal Mohan Prasad, R/o-"Bhagwatayan" Street No.-5 Shukla Colony, Hinoo, P.O.-Doranda, P.S.-Doranda, District- Ranchi. … Petitioner(s). Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Principal Secretary, department of Home Prison and Disaster Management, Govt. of Jharkhand, office at Project Building, Dhurwa,P.O.-Hatia, P.S.-Jagarnathpur, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. 3. The Director General of Police, Govt. of Jharkhand, office at Jharkhand Police Head Quarter, Dhurwa, P.O.-Dhurwa, P.S.- Dhurwa, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. 4. The Inspector General of Police (Operations), Govt. of Jharkhand, office at Jharkhand Police Head Quarter, Dhurwa, P.O.-Dhurwa, P.S.-Dhurwa, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. … Respondent(s). CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sameer Saurabh, Advocate For the State : Ms. Rishi Bharti, AC to AAG-III …...... 15 /28.01.2026: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this case is covered by the judgment of this Court passed in WP(S) No. 3008 of 2025 titled “Francis Kujur and Others vs. State of Jharkhand and Others”. 2. Thus, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this writ petition on instruction from his client. 3. Prayer is allowed. 4. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. I.A. No. 11431 of 2023 is disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) 28.01.2026 Tanuj/CP-2 Uploaded on 29.01.2026