Dismissed¶15
Syed Shujiauddin @ Syed Salahuddin v. The State of Bihar and Anr.
Patna HCCR. MISC./18369/2019
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Quashing of cognizance order dismissed on delay and laches; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 18369 of 2019; High Court of Judicature at Patna; Justice Sandeep Kumar; decided 20-01-2026; Complaint Case No. 1148 of 2014 / PS Case No. 1148 of 2014, Patna Complaint police station, Patna; cognizance order dated 28.01.2015 by Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Patna; application filed in 2019 after unexplained delay of more than four years; petitioner Syed Shujiauddin @ Syed Salahuddin (adv. Lakshmi Kant Sharma); opposite parties State of Bihar and Pratik Khanna (adv. Brajendra Nath Pandey).
What did the court decide?
The quashing application is dismissed solely on the ground of delay and laches, the delay of more than four years in filing being unexplained. ¶15