{"id":267567,"date":"2011-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bishwanath-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-8-august-2011"},"modified":"2017-04-29T06:10:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T00:40:42","slug":"bishwanath-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-8-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bishwanath-singh-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-8-august-2011","title":{"rendered":"Bishwanath Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 8 August, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bishwanath Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 8 August, 2011<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                   Letters Patent Appeal No.1117 of 2011\n                                                      In\n                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12761 of 2003\n                                                    With\n                                Interlocutory Application No. 5316 of 2011\n\n                  ======================================================\n                  Bishwanath Singh\n                                                          .... .... Appellant\/s\n                                           Versus\n                  The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors\n                                                         .... .... Respondent\/s\n                  ======================================================\n                  Appearance :\n                  For the Appellant\/s      :       Mr. Binod Kumar Singh, Advocate.\n                  For the Respondent\/s         :   Mr.\n                  ======================================================\n                  CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE\n                            and\n                            HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA\n                  ORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                  (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)<\/p>\n<p>2    08-08-2011          At the request of the learned advocate, stand over to 16 th<\/p>\n<p>                  August 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                                                   (R.M. Doshit, CJ)<\/p>\n<p>                                         (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)<br \/>\nBTiwary\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Bishwanath Singh vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 8 August, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1117 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 12761 of 2003 With Interlocutory Application No. 5316 of 2011 ====================================================== Bishwanath Singh &#8230;. &#8230;. 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