IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9845 of 2005 Ram Balak Singh son of late Sekhar Singh, resident of Village- Nipaniya, Madhpurpur, P.O. Madhurapur, P.S. Teghra, District- Begusarai. ………Petitioner. -Versus- 1. The State of Bihar, through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna, Bihar. 2. Collector, Begusarai. 3. Cetificate Officer, Begusarai. 4. State Bank of India, Agricultural Development Branch, Begusarai, District- Begusarai. …….Respondents. -With- M. J. C. No. 1046 of 2006 Ram Balak Singh…………………………………….Petitioner. -Versus- The State of Bihar…………………………………….Respondent. ------- For the petitioner: Shri Ravi Shankar Sharma, Advocate. For the S.B.I. : Shri Satya Prakash Tripathy & Suresh Kumar, Advocates. For the State : Shri Lalit Kishore,A.A.G.III. --------- 31. 24.10.2008. The writ application and contempt application have been clubbed together. In fact, the petitioner had filed a writ application making a prayer that he should be released on bail in Certificate Case No.81/1997-98 pending before the Certificate Officer, Begusarai. This Court ordered that the petitioner be released on bail with a condition that the petitioner should deposit Rs.10,000/-in the Bank against the alleged loan account. The petitioner failed to deposit the said amount and he remained in custody. During the course of hearing of the writ application, no body appeared on behalf of the petitioner as a result of which, a contempt proceeding has been initiated against the petitioner. In the meantime, the petitioner remained in custody and has - 2 - completed the statutory period of six months in custody as required under the Public Demands Recovery Act. The petitioner has now been released on bail and has also deposited a sum of Rs. 10,000/- in the Bank. It is also admitted that the petitioner has undergone the statutory imprisonment under the aforesaid Act and he had not violated the order of this Court. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed that he may be permitted to withdraw the writ application. Prayer is allowed. The contempt proceeding arising out of the writ application is dropped in view of the facts aforesaid. The aforesaid two applications are disposed of. U.K. (Sheema Ali Khan,J)