( 2026:JHHC:2526 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No.3690 of 2025 ------ Mayank Chandra Shekhar @ Mayank Shekhar aged about 39 years, Son of Sri Braj Mohan Verma, resident of Flat No.301, Akanksha Apartment, Khadgarha Bus Stand, P.O. & P.S.-Lower Bazar, District-Ranchi. … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Mahesh Tewari, Advocate For the State : Ms. Nehala Sharmin, Spl.P.P. ------ Order No:-03 Dated:-30-01-2026 Heard the parties. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed by the petitioner with the prayer for restoration of Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 to its original file which stood dismissed for non-compliance of peremptory order dated 26.08.2025. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 stood dismissed for non-compliance of peremptory order dated 26.08.2025 for depositing the payment of Rs.1,000/- by the petitioner with the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) peremptorily within four weeks. It is next submitted that due to inadvertence on the part of the advocate’s clerk, the petitioner could not deposit the said amount within the stipulated time; which resulted in dismissal of the said Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 for non-compliance of peremptory order dated 26.08.2025. It is next submitted that non-compliance of peremptory order dated 26.08.2025 was neither deliberate nor intentional. It is also submitted that the petitioner has very good grounds to agitate in the said Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 and unless the same is restored to its original file, the petitioner will be highly prejudiced. Hence, it is submitted that the Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 be restored to its original file. Learned counsel appearing for the State has not raised any serious objection. Considering the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the facts of this case, Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 is directed to be restored to its original file at the same stage at which it was before its dismissal. Registry is directed to list Cr.M.P. No.498 of 2021 before the concerned Bench after a week. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition is disposed of accordingly. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 30/01/2026 Abhiraj/