NIRAJAN SINHA @ NIRANJAN KUMAR SINHA v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
Court: High Court of Jharkhand
Bench: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR
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High Court of Jharkhand judgment dated 2026-04-24. NIRAJAN SINHA @ NIRANJAN KUMAR SINHA v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND. Read the judgment and case details on...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cont. Case (Civil) No. 1444 of 2025 ----- Nirajan Sinha @ Niranjan Kumar Sinha, son of Subodh Chandra Sinha, resident of village Mohanganj, P. O. & P. S. Tarapur, District-Munger (Bihar). .......... Petitioner. -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Shri Vishal Sagar, the Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar, P. O. and P. S. -Deoghar, District-Deoghar. .......... Opp. Parties. ----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashish Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the O. P. No. 2 : Mr. Zaid Imam, A. C. to S. C. -VII ----- Order No. 03 Date: 24. 04. 2026 1. The present contempt application has been filed for initiation of contempt proceeding as against the Opposite Party No. 2 th alleging wilful violation of the order dated 15 October, 2024 passed by this Court in W. P. (C) No. 5561 of 2024. nd 2. A show-cause affidavit dated 2 February, 2026 has been filed on behalf of the O. P. No. 2. 3. Mr. Zaid Imam, learned A. C. to S. C.
-VII, refers to the order as th contained in Memo No. 44 dated 17 January, 2026 (Annexure- B to the said show-cause affidavit) passed by the O. P. No. 2 and submits that vide said order, the O. P. No. 2 has considered the petitioner’s representation and has rejected the same. It is, thus, submitted that the aforesaid order of this Court has been complied by the O. P. No. 2. 4. As against this, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said order passed by the O. P. No. 2 cannot be said to be in true compliance of the aforesaid order of this Court. 5. Be that as it may. 6. Since pursuant to the aforesaid order of this Court, the Opposite Party No. 2 has already passed an order as contained th in Memo No. 44 dated 17 January, 2026, there is no need to proceed further in the present contempt matter. The contempt proceeding as against the Opposite Party No. 2 is, hereby, dropped. 7. The contempt application is, accordingly, disposed of. 8.
The petitioner is, however, at liberty to take appropriate recourse as permissible under law against the order as th contained in Memo No. 44 dated 17 January, 2026 passed by the O. P. No. 2. (Rajesh Shankar, J. ) th 24 April, 2026 Rohit/ Uploaded on 24. 04. 2026
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