Anarjeet Yadav @ Inarjeet Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-prosecution dismissal of a criminal appeal by the Patna High Court (Sandeep Kumar, J., 05-01-2026) against a 2019 Khagaria Fast Track Court conviction (Sections 147, 323 IPC; release on bond under Section 4 of the Probation Act) arising from Alauli P.S. Case No. 60/2004, G.R. No. 570/2004; appellants Anarjeet/Inarjeet Yadav, Janardhan/Jugal Yadav, Nandu Yadav, Ashok Yadav, Rohit Yadav and Sarvind Yadav had already undergone the sentence and no counsel (Umesh Kumar for appellants; Zeyaul Hoda, APP for the State) pressed the appeal. Relevant for: appeals dismissed for want of prosecution where sentence already served; probation-bond convictions left unchallenged on merits.
What did the court decide?
The appellants had undergone the sentence and none had appeared on their behalf to press the appeal, which had been pending since 2019.