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2026 DAILYLAW 29246 (PAT)

Ratna Kumari v. The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Gopalganj

MJC/653/2026 · 2026-08-07

Mohit Kumar Shah

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.653 of 2026 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12773 of 2023 ====================================================== Ratna Kumari, Gender – Female, W/o Praveen Upadhayay @ Praveen Kumar Upadhayay, Resident of Village - Bhathwa Pasuram, P.S.- Kuchaikote, District- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Gopalganj, District Gopalganj namely Pawan Kumar Sinha, at present District Magistrate, Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 2. Shri Nawal Kishore Chaudhary, S/o not known, the then District Magistrate, Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 3. Anil Kumar, Sub-Divisional Officer, Gopalganj. 4. Vikesh Kumar, the Circle Officer, Uchkagaon, District- Gopalganj. 5. Sumit Kumar, the B.D.O, Hathua, District- Gopalganj. 6. Ajay Prakash Rai, the B.D.O, Thawe, District- Gopalganj. 7. Sanjiv Kumar Singh, the B.D.O, Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 8. Janardhan Tripathi, the Registrar, District Consumer Forum, Gopalganj. 9. Sashisekharam, the District Transport Officer, Gopalganj. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vishwajeet Kr. Mishra, Advocate Mr. Prawal Mani Tripathi, Advocate Mr. Kishlay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Standing Counsel 22 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 3 07-08-2026 At the outset, the learned counsel for the opposite parties has submitted that to be fair to this Court the opposite parties have not acted strictly in consonance with the order dated 18.12.2023 passed by this Court in CWJC No. 12773 of 2023, however in view of the pendency of the aforesaid writ Patna High Court MJC No.653 of 2026(3) dt.07-08-2026 2/2 petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he be granted liberty to raise this issue in the pending writ petition itself, however liberty be granted to mention the said writ petition before the appropriate Bench for early hearing. Liberty, so sought, is granted. 2. Accordingly, the present contempt petition stands disposed of. GAURAV S./- (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) U