Prince Kumar @ Abhijit Kr. v. The State Of Bihar Through The Principal Secretary, Home Deptt. ,Bihar,Old Secretariat, Patna.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1149 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.- Year-0 Thana- District- Vaishali ====================================================== Prince Kumar @ Abhijit Kr., Son of Sri Nand Kishore Singh, Resident of Village-Hussain Khurd, P.S.-Goraul, District-Vaishali at Hajipur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Home Department, Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna.

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The Inspector General, Prisons and Correctional Services, Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Superintendent, Divisional Jail (Mandal Kara), Vaishali at Hajipur. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Advocate For the Respondents-State:

Md. Nadim Seraj, GP-5 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-08-2019 After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw the present application with liberty to challenge the State Amendment (Bihar Act 1, 2004) whereby Section 29 of the Prisoners Act has been amended and the State Government or the Inspector General of Prisons has been vested with the power to shift an under-trial prisoner from one central jail to another central jail or to a district jail or subsidiary jail.

Leave is granted.

The application is disposed of.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- U