State of Orissa v. Bharini Pattnaik
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, CRLLP No.77 of 2006, decided 22.09.2025 by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra. State's leave application under Section 378(1) & (3) Cr.P.C. to appeal acquittal (23.03.2005, J.M.F.C. Bissamcuttack, G.R. Case No.110 of 1995) in a Sections 379/411/34 IPC + Section 3 R.P.U.P. Act case; 373-day delay not condoned due to laches (condonation Misc. Case No.9 of 2011 filed after the 2006 leave application); leave application and condonation application dismissed. Keywords: leave to appeal acquittal, condonation of delay, laches, Section 378 Cr.P.C.
What did the court decide?
The Court declined to condone the 373-day delay because the condonation application (Misc. Case No.9 of 2011) was filed in 2011, i.e. after the leave application had already been filed in 2006, which the Court treated as laches. ¶21