Chhotu Pandey v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; Cr.M.P. No.633 of 2025; decided 22-08-2025 by Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary. Restoration of a criminal miscellaneous petition (Cr.M.P. No.1504 of 2023) that had been dismissed for non-compliance of a peremptory order dated 28.02.2024 (requisites for service of notice upon opposite party no.2 not filed within three weeks); delay excused as inadvertent mistake of advocate’s clerk; State raised no serious objection; petition restored to original file at the same stage and listed after a week; main petition disposed of. Keywords: restoration of petition, dismissed for non-compliance, peremptory order, requisites for notice, inadvertence of clerk, Cr.M.P. restoration, Jharkhand High Court.
What did the court decide?
Restoration of Cr.M.P. No.1504 of 2023 to its original file to the same stage at which it stood before its dismissal, with the Registry directed to list it before the concerned Bench after a week.