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REPORTABLE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR Judgment reserved on: 29.10.2026 Judgment delivered on: 02.11.2026 Judgment (Full) uploaded on: 02 .1 1 .2026 D.B. Civil Reference No. 2/2026 In S.B.Civil Writ Petition No.16049/2026 CNR: RJHC020994472026 | URN: CREF / 5U / 2026 Ravi Kumar S/o Dharam Singh, Aged About 31 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Raj., Through PP.

2. Dheeraj S/o Rambabu, Aged About 35 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

3. Bhupendra S/o Rambabu, Aged About 33 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

4. Sondev S/o Rambabu, Aged About 25 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

5. Anil S/o Kishan, Aged About 23 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

6. Rambabu S/o Sukaram, Aged About 73 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

7. Vikaram S/o Kishan, Aged About 31 Years, R/o Purbaikhera Ps Rudawal Tehsil Bayana Dist. Bharatpur Raj.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Nitin Jain Ms. Kriti Kalawatia Mr. Vaibhav Pareek Mr. Rajeev Bhushan Bansal Ms. Ritu Bansal Mr. Rahul Kumar Mr. Vaibhav Nirmal Mr. Shubham Rohila Mr. Vedant Agarwal Mr. Swapnil Upman Mr. Naman Maheshwari Mr. Vishwas Fatehpuria Mr. Parmeshwar Lal Pilania Mr. Avi Airun Mr. Rajesh Kala Mr. Jitendra Mitruka Mr. Aniroodh Mathur Mr. Krishnveer Singh Mr. Naman Yadav Mr. Punit Singhvi Mr. Kapil Gupta Mr. Chitransh Sharma Mr. Tanay Choudhary Mr. Rajesh Joshi, Sr. Adv. through VC Mr. Vikas Baliya, Sr. Adv. With Ms. Sheetal Kumbhat through VC Mr. Dilip Singh Udawat through VC Mr. Arun Kumar Jhajhariya through VC Mr. Harshit Bhurani through VC Mr. Raunak Singhvi through VC Mr. Anshuman Singh Champawat through VC Ms. Kamini Joshi through VC Mr. Aniruddh Kothari through VC Mr. Maheshwar Singh Bhati through VC Mr. Yash Tripathi through VC Mr. Shivam Harsh through VC Mr. Moti Singh through VC Mr. Sumit Singhal through VC Dr. RDSS Kharlia through VC Mr. Chandan Singh Jodha through VC Mr. Pradeep Rajpurohit through VC Mr. Kailash Sharma through VC Mr. Siddharth Tanwar through VC Mr. Dungar Dan Charan through VC Mr. Bharat Gurjar through VC For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajendra Prasad, AG with Mr. Sheetanshu Sharma &

Ms. Dhriti Laddha Mr. Rajesh Choudhary, GA cum AAG with Ms. Neha Goel &

Mr. Aman Agarwal Full Bench HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SANJAY K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUROOP SINGHI C.A.V. JUDGMENT Sanjay K. Agrawal, CJ For the sake of convenience, the judgment is divided in following parts:

Preface

1. Anand Sharma, J, while hearing Civil Writ Petition finding conflict with direction issued by Division Bench on 07.07.2026 in the matter of Jiya & Others v. The Government of Rajasthan & Others ¹: with Rule 315(1)(h) of the Rules of the High Court of

1 D.B. Criminal Writ Petition No.128/2018 Judicature for Rajasthan, 1952, referred the following questions of law for consideration:

The question s of law referred to Full Bench “i) Whether, having regard to Rule 315(1)(h) of the Rules of the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, 1952, a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution arsing out of, or concerning, a criminal matter/proceeding can be separately registered as an S.B. Criminal Writ Petition, or is required to be treated as an S.B. Civil Writ Petition for the purposes of its registration, classification and placement before the appropriate roster?

ii) Whether the nomenclature “Criminal Writ Petition” is merely a matter of Registry classification or whether such classification reflects the substantive character of a proceeding arising from criminal jurisdiction?

iii) Whether Rule 315(1)(h) of the Rules of the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, 1952, which expressly contemplates registration of an application for issuance of a writ un