Manish Prasad @ Divyanshu v. The State of Bihar through Cabinet Vigilance, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order dated 04-10-2024 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh dismissing Cr. Misc. No. 66203 of 2024, a modification petition against the order dated 05.08.2021 in Cr. Misc. No. 13968/2021 (P.S. Case No. 44/2017, Agamkuan, Patna), solely on the ground of inordinate delay of over three years without sufficient explanation; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Perusal of the modification petition showed that the petitioner sought modification of an order passed more than three years earlier and did not explain sufficient reasons for the inordinate delay in filing the modification petition. ¶15