IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9294 of 1997 Udaychandra Das, son of Late Ayodhya Lal Das, village Haraul, PS Satighat, District Darbhanga .. Petitioner. Vs. 1. The State of Bihar, 2. The Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Home Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Inspector General of Prison, Old Secretariat, Patna. 5. Shri D.P.Singh, the then Superintendent, Central Jail, Bhagalpur, at present posted as Superintendent, Central Jail, Buxar. 6. Shri Chandreshwar Mishra, at present working as Superintendent of Central Jail, Bhagalpur .. Respondents. 78 6.3.2009 Heard the parties. It is not in dispute that except one, all other prisoners who were released prematurely were taken into custody again to serve out their sentence in accordance with law. The prisoner who could not be apprehended so far is said to be residing in Nepal and the State is having difficulty in execution of warrant of arrest against him. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that since the concerned Superintendents of Jail were not really punished in proper manner, at one point of time this court had indicated to take proceeding against the State and its officials for contempt of this court. We find that thereafter much development has taken place and after appearance of the Home Commissioner in person on some dates, the released persons were apprehended. On large number of dates since 1999 when indication was made for initiating a contempt proceeding, this court did not consider it fit to initiate any contempt proceeding in the matter nor any argument to that effect appears to have been raised by counsel for the petitioner. The 2 initiation of contempt proceeding cannot be strictly a subject matter of public interest litigation like the present one. We find that this litigation has served its purpose. The writ petition is, therefore, finally disposed of. haque (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)