( 2026:JHHC:15208 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No. 1446 of 2026 ------ Kunnath Kudy Verghese Verkey, aged about 70 years, Son of Verkey Varghese, Managing Director of M/s Hindustan Antibiotics Limited, Pimpri, P.O. –Pimpri, P.S. –Pune, District –Maharashtra, Pune Limited -411018, Resident of Pattimattam, P.O. and P.S. –Pattimattam, District –Ernakulam, State –Kerala, PIN -683562. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opp. Party ------ CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. P.D. Agrawal, Spl. P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 15.05.2026 Heard the parties. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed at the instance of the petitioner for restoration of Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 to its original file. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 was dismissed for non-compliance of the peremptory order of this Court dated 20.02.2026 whereby time was amount to the petitioner subject to deposit Rs.2,000/- with the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) within two weeks. It is next submitted that the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was unable to arrange the aforesaid amount within the stipulated time, hence the order dated 20.02.2026, passed in the said Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 could not be complied within the stipulated time, resulting in dismissal of the same. It is then submitted that the non-compliance of the order dated 20.02.2026, passed in the said Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 was neither deliberate nor intentional. It is next submitted that the petitioner has very good grounds to agitate in the said Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 and unless Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 is restored to its original file, the petitioner will be highly prejudiced. Hence, it is submitted that Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 be restored to its original file. Considering the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 is restored to its original file to the stage at which, it was before its dismissal. List Cr.M.P. No.1471 of 2024 under the appropriate heading after a week. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 15.05.2026 Sonu-