IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36808 of 2008 RAJEEV RANJAN SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR - - - - 2. 29.8.2008 Heard. The Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra appears an incompetent and quite a bad Officer. He appears going out of the record in winding up the reconciliation proceedings. I have perused the affidavit filed by the wife and there is nothing in that as a matter of statement that she was pleading before the court to get dismissal order on the petition of the petitioner. The Officer has stated that by merely filing a counter affidavit by the wife, there was no scope for reconciliation. Firstly, the learned Magistrate has not travelled with the proceedings according to the rules of the High Court formulated for running the proceedings in the sub-ordinate courts. The court, i.e., the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate is not the High Court and there could not be statement on affidavit and counter affidavit as is the practice in this 2 Court. The court has to receive the petitions as per the Criminal Court Rules. Let the court, i.e., the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra, re-sit and call the parties for reconciliation. With the above observation/direction, the petition is dismissed. Let this order be communicated to the above noted court through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Kanth ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)