[ 2025:JHHC:27807] 1 Cr.M.P. No. 3526 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No. 3526 of 2022 Ramprit Pandey, age about 78 years, Son of Late Rudraksh Pandey, Resident of Village- Pathariya, P.O.- Kushha, P.S.- Kandi, District- Garhwa. ...... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Laleshwar Singh, Son of Ramlakhan Singh, Resident of Village-Lamarikala, P.O.- Lamarikala, P.S.- Kandi, District- Garhwa ….. Opposite Party For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar No. 2, Adv. For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, PP P R E S E N T HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY By the Court:- Heard the parties. 2. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of CrPC with a prayer for quashing and setting aside the order dated 04.07.2022 passed in Cr. Revision No. 27 of 2022 by learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa whereby and where under, learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa rejected the Cr. Revision no. 27 of 2022 being barred by limitation as the same was filed after a delay of 4311 days. 3. The brief fact of the case is that the petitioner filed Cr. Revision No. 27 of 2022 challenging the order dated 08.06.2010 passed by learned CJM, Garhwa in connection with the Kandi P.S. case no. 15 of 2009 corresponding to G.R. case no. 1463 of 2009 whereby and where under the learned Magistrate, took cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 384, 379, 411 of IPC. Before learned Sessions Judge, the only reason given by the petitioner for delay in filing the Cr. Revision No. 27 of 2022 was that the petitioner due to unawareness, could not file the same. Learned [ 2025:JHHC:27807] 2 Cr.M.P. No. 3526 of 2022 Sessions Judge, considered that the delay in filing the criminal revision could only be condoned under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, if any sufficient cause is shown and learned Sessions Judge, considered that there was no cogent material or document to substantiate the ground of the petitioner for condoning the delay and dismissed the criminal revision. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and there are six other co-accused persons also, hence, the prayer as made in this criminal miscellaneous petition be allowed. 5. Learned P.P. vehemently opposes the prayer of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner has not whispered a word as to why the impugned order dated 04.07.2022 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa in Cr. Revision no. 27 of 2022 be quashed. It is next submitted by learned P.P. that learned Sessions Judge, in the absence of sufficient cause, has rightly refused to condone the in- ordinate and unexplained delay of 4311 days, hence, it is submitted that the impugned order dated 04.07.2022 passed by learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa, without suffering from any illegality; this Criminal Miscellaneous Petition being without any merit, be dismissed. 6. Having heard the submissions made at the Bar and after going through materials available in the record, it is pertinent to mention here that the learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa has for sound reasons, in the absence of any sufficient cause being shown by the petitioner, has not condoned the delay of 4311 days in filing the criminal revision. 7. Further, in this criminal miscellaneous petition, as has rightly been submitted by learned P.P., the petitioner has not even whispered a single ground as to why the order dated 04.07.2022 passed in Cr. Revision No. 27 of 2022 by learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa is to be interfered with by this Court in exercise of power under Section 482 of CrPC. [ 2025:JHHC:27807] 3 Cr.M.P. No. 3526 of 2022 8. This Court after going through the impugned order do not find any illegality on the part of learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa in not condoning the delay of 4311 days in the absence of any sufficient cause shown by the petitioner. Hence, this Court is of the considered view that there is no justifiable reason for this Court to interfere with the order dated 04.07.2022 passed in Cr. Revision No. 27 of 2022 by learned Sessions Judge, Garhwa in exercise of its power under Section 482 of CrPC. 9. Accordingly, this Criminal Miscellaneous Petition being without any merit is dismissed. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi Dated, the 10th September, 2025 Smita /AFR