Santosh Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal revision Cr. Rev. No. 109 of 2017, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, dismissed on 18.08.2025 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi for the petitioner's non-appearance and loss of interest; petitioner Santosh Kumar Pandey; opposite party The State of Jharkhand represented by A.P.P. S.K. Srivastava; petition earlier twice dismissed for default and twice restored; pending I.A. also dismissed; no statutory provisions or case law cited; relevant only as a procedural instance of dismissal for want of prosecution.
What did the court decide?
The Court found that the petitioner has lost interest in the matter, having failed to respond despite repeated calls on the hearing date and on five earlier occasions, even after the matter was twice dismissed for default and twice restored. ¶13