Nagendra Pandey And ANR v. State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.505 of 2006 ====================================================== Nagendra Pandey And Anr.

... ... Appellant/S

Versus

State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr.Chandra Mohan Singh, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mrs. Anita Kumari Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 23-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellants and Mrs. Anita Kumari Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the present appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 23.05.2006 passed in Sessions Trial No.186 of 2003 by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-Vth, Buxar whereby and where under the appellant No.1 has been convicted under sections 324 and 325 of the IPC and appellant No.2 has been convicted under section 323 of the IPC, but appellants have been released on furnishing probation bonds of Rs.2000 with two sureties of like amount each to maintain peace and keep good behaviour for 2 years from the date of this order, failing which they will appear before the court for substantive punishment.

3. Counsel further submits that the said order has been

Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.505 of 2006(3) dt.23-09-2025 2/2 passed on 23.05.2006 and the probation bond of 2 years has been ended on 23.05.2008 itself and the appeal could not be heard finally within the said period and now after about 20 years, this has been taken place.

4. In this background, counsel for the appellants submits that since the time of probation has already been ended in the year 2008 itself, therefore, he is not interested to pursue this appeal as it becomes infructuous.

5. Learned APP for the State has no objection for the same.

6. Upon hearing the parties, it transpires to this Court that the present appeal has become infructuous. Therefore, the present appeal is hereby dismissed as infructuous. The present appellants have no responsibility at present due to lapse of time in future towards this case.

7. With the aforesaid observations, the present criminal appeal stands disposed of.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U