Raj Nandan Choudhary And ANR v. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.63 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.- Year-1111 Thana- District- ====================================================== 1.

Raj Nandan Choudhary Son of Late Nathun Choudhary. 2.

Ranjit Choudhary Son of Raj Nandan Choudhary, Both resident of Village Salarpur, Police Station Naubatpur, District- Patna. ... ... Petitioners

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary 2.

The Principal Secretary, Department of Home Affairs Govt. of Bihar. 3.

The Director General Of Police, Bihar.

4.

The Inspector General of Prison, Bihar.

5.

The Superintendent of Beur Central Jail, Patna. 6.

The Doctor of Beur Central Jail, Patna.

7.

The Superintendent of P.M.C.H. Patna.

... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manoranjan Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Deepak Kumar, AC to GP-4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 06-09-2022 This writ application has been filed 10 years after the alleged custodial death of the brother of petitioner no. 2. Petitioner no. 1 has already died during pendency of this application, therefore the sole surviving petitioner is the petitioner no. 2.

After 10 years of the alleged custodial death, this Court sitting in it's writ jurisdiction is not inclined to proceed. This application is dismissed.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) Rajeev/- U Note: The ordersheet duly signed has been attached with the record. However, in view of the present arrangements, during Pandemic period all concerned shall act on the basis of the copy of the order uploaded on the High Court website under the heading 'Judicial Orders Passed During The Pandemic Period'.