[2026:JHHC:20527] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No.868 of 2026 ------ Jethu Mahto, Aged – about 58 Years, S/O Late Ram Charan Mahto, Resident of Village – Belatand, P.O. + P.S. Dugda, District – Bokaro (Jharkhand) 828307 … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Ram Badan Choubey, Advocate Mr. Anil Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kr. Dubey, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No:-03 Dated:-10-07-2026 Heard the parties. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed by the petitioner with the prayer to allow one month time to the petitioner for deposit of fine of Rs.1,000/- as per the direction passed by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the judgment dated 28.09.2018 passed in Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No.834 of 2002. The brief fact of the case is that the petitioner was appellant in the said Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No.834 of 2002. The appeal was dismissed with the modification of sentence of S.I. for one year in respect of the offence punishable under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code and S.I. for one month in respect of the offence punishable under Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code which was modified to a fine of Rs.1,000/- to be deposited within the period of one month from the date of receipt of the copy of the order; failing which, the appellant-petitioner has to undergo default sentence of 15 days. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as directed in the judgment dated 28.09.2018 passed in Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No.834 of 2002 by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, the petitioner could not deposit the said fine amount as the petitioner was not aware about the said order having been passed in Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No.834 of 2002 and when the order of the said judgment was received on 18.06.2020, thereafter, the petitioner tried to deposit the fine amount during the Covid-19 period but the same could not be deposited due to lapse of time fixed for the deposit of the said fine in the said judgement. It is next submitted that now the petitioner has made the said deposit; the copy of which has been enclosed with supplementary affidavit dated 25.06.2026; during the pendency of this criminal miscellaneous petition, in compliance of the order of this court. Hence, it is submitted that under such circumstances, the prayer as prayed for by the petitioner in this Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has become infructuous. Considering the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the amount of fine of Rs.1,000/- has already been deposited in terms of the judgment dated 28.09.2018 passed in Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No.834 of 2002, the prayer for extension of time as prayed for in this Criminal Miscellaneous Petition or deposit of the fine amount has become infructuous. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition is disposed of accordingly. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Dated:- 10.07.2026 Saroj/