Manoj Gupta @ Manoj Kumar Gupta v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, single judge (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J), 05-05-2025: Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 1127 of 2025 (Gupta brothers v. State of Bihar & Arvind Paswan; PS Case 493/2018, Patna Complaint Case) dismissed at threshold because I.A. No. 01 of 2025 for condonation of 1992 days' delay was rejected - delay not satisfactorily explained and incondonable under second proviso of Sub-section (3), Section 14A, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Relevant to delay-condonation limits in appeals under the SC/ST Act.
What did the court decide?
The delay in preferring the appeal has not been satisfactorily explained. ¶17