Dismissed¶19
Murari Singh v. The State of Bihar
Patna HCCR. APP (SJ)/745/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Dismissal of criminal appeal for want of prosecution; non-appearance of appellant on repeated calls; appeal against acquittal (year 2020); PS Case No.143 of 1996, Agamkuan PS, Patna; office defects pending five years; appellant lost interest in prosecution; Patna High Court; CR. APP (SJ) No.745 of 2020; Murari Singh v. State of Bihar & others; Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha; decided 16-02-2026.
What did the court decide?
With none appearing for the appellant on repeated calls (including on the second occasion) and the office defects pointed out in 2020 still pending after about five years, the Court found that the appellant had lost interest in prosecuting the appeal. ¶18