Chandan Prasad v. The State Of Bihar Through The Chief Secretary, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3038 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-370 Year-2016 Thana- ARA NAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Chandan Prasad, Son of Late Vinod Prasad @ Late Binod Prasad, Resident of Village- Baghi Pakar, (Baghipakar), P.S.- Ara Muuffasil, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner
Versus
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The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.
The Union of India through Home Secretary, New Delhi 3.
The State Sentence Remission Board through the Principal Secretary, Dept. of Home, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4.
The Joint Secretary cum Director (Administration) Home Dept. (Prison), Bihar Patna.
5.
The Secretary Law Dept. Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6.
The Additional Director General of Police, Criminal Investigation Dept. Bihar, Patna.
7.
The Inspector General, Jail and Reforms Services, Bihar, Patna. 8.
The Assistant Inspector General, Jail and Reforms Services, Bihar, Patna 9.
The Jail Superintendent, Bhojpur Jail, Bhojpur at Ara. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Diwakar, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Prabhu Narayan Sharma, AC to AG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD) 20-11-2025 The petitioner in this case is seeking a Writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondent Authorities to consider the case of the petitioner to remit his sentence and release him from jail.
2. Learned AC to AG for the State has rightly pointed out that in the kind of reliefs prayed for, a writ application
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.3038 of 2025(2) dt.20-11-2025 2/2 seeking a Writ in the nature of Mandamus is a misconceived remedy applied for.
3. This application is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file an appropriate application for the reliefs prayed for.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) (Sourendra Pandey, J) lekhi/- U