2022 Supreme(Pat) 496
RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
Surendra Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ravi Ranjan.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 171 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ramchandra Jha Raman.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 198 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 201 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ravi Kumar Panday.
For the Respondent: Mr. Md. Harun Qureshi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 218 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 220 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Raj Kishore Prasad.
For the Respondent: Mr. Iqbal Asif Niazi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 223 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Suraj Narain Yadav.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 225 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Durga Narayan.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 231 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Pawan Kumar Singh.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 289 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Kumar Tiwary.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 346 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Jyoti Ranjan Jha.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 355 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Umesh Kumar Verma.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 443 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Chandra Moleshwar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 450 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Amaresh Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 469 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Uday Bhan Singh.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 478 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Shambhu Sharan Singh.
For the Respondent: Mr. Md. Harun Quershi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 540 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sunil Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 566 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Mahendra Thakur.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 587 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Tiwary.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad,
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 591 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Awadhesh Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 600 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Pandey.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 689 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Amarendra Nath Verma.
For the Respondent: Mr. Ajay Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 690 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashish Giri.
For the Respondent: Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 698 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Iqbal Asif Niazi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. Case No. 700 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Fahad Khurshid.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 704 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 708 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Pranav Kumar Jha.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 721 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Md.Harun Quershi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 752 of 2017)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 1407 of 2019)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Kamlesh Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 1689 of 2019)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Devendra Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Iqbal Asif Niazi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 1750 of 2019)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Karandeep Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 1753 of 2019)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Virendra Kumar Ray.
For the Respondent: Mr. Deepak Kumar.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 167 of 2020)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Rajeev Shekhar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Sheo Shankar Prasad
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 180 of 2020)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sushil Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Md.Harun Quershi.
(in Cri.W.J.C. No. 221 of 2020)
For the Petitioner: Mr. Arvind Kumar.
For the Respondent: Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma.
ORDER
These batch of writ petitions have been listed together finding that they relate to the same subject matter and the reliefs prayed in the writ petitions are of similar nature. This Court has been noticing recently that a large number of writ petitions are coming to this Court directly seeking a direction to the investigating agency to conduct a proper, fair and impartial investigation, to arrest the accused persons and to complete the investigation which is pending for a long time. In some cases prayers have been made to direct a further investigation after submission of the charge-sheet.
2. In these writ applications since the prayers contained are of the kinds stated hereinabove, this Court having discussed the issues involved in these cases with the learned counsel for the petitioner(s) and learned counsel for the State reached to a conclusion that a common order in these cases would serve the ends of justice. The cases in which requests were made to segregate and hear separately would be dealt with on case to case basis here-in-after.
3. Without going into the merit of the case, this Court proposes to dispose of these writ applications with appropriate directions in terms of
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