{"id":34195,"date":"2011-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santosh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-14-november-2011"},"modified":"2016-06-21T17:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:51:44","slug":"santosh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-14-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santosh-kumar-vs-the-state-of-bihar-ors-on-14-november-2011","title":{"rendered":"Santosh Kumar vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 14 November, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Patna High Court &#8211; Orders<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Santosh Kumar vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 14 November, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA\n                                 Letters Patent Appeal No.1281 of 2011\n                                                    In\n                              Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 5745 of 2011\n                                                   With\n                               Interlocutory Application No. 6325 of 2011.\n                                                    In\n                                 Letters Patent Appeal No.1281 of 2011\n\n                 ======================================================\n                 Santosh Kumar\n                                                                   .... .... Appellant\/s\n                                                Versus\n                 The State of Bihar &amp; Ors\n                                                                  .... .... Respondent\/s\n                 ======================================================\n                 Appearance :\n                 For the Appellant\/s     : Mr. Neeraj Singh, Advocate.\n\n                 For the Respondent\/s   :   Mr. G.K. Agrwal, GA 10.\n\n                 ======================================================\n                 CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE\n                        and\n                        HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA\n\n                 ORAL ORDER<\/pre>\n<p>                 (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)<\/p>\n<p>5   14-11-2011               Await service report on respondent No. 5.\n<\/p>\n<p>                             Respondent No. 6 though served and has appeared<br \/>\n                  through the learned Advocate, he has not filed counter affidavit<br \/>\n                  as directed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                             Stand over to 21st November 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                               (R.M. Doshit, CJ)<\/p>\n<p>                                        (Birendra Prasad Verma, J)<br \/>\n      Prakash\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patna High Court &#8211; Orders Santosh Kumar vs The State Of Bihar &amp; Ors on 14 November, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Letters Patent Appeal No.1281 of 2011 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 5745 of 2011 With Interlocutory Application No. 6325 of 2011. 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