IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.360 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-42 Year-2018 Thana- SC/ST District- Begusarai ====================================================== 1. Phucho Yadav S/o- Late Dukho Yadav Resident of village- Bhavanandpur P.S- Balia, Dist- Begusarai 2. Bharat Yadav S/o- Phucho Yadav Resident of village- Bhavanandpur P.S- Balia, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sri Krishna Paswan @ Kisho Paswan S/o- Desho Paswan Resident of village- Bhavanandpur P.S- Balia, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Vinod Gautam, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Usha Kumari No. 1, Spl.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 4 28-01-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. Learned Special Public Prosecutor, at the outset, submits that there is delay of 262 days in filing the memo of appeal and from perusal of the limitation petition, it would manifest that the same is cryptic and does not record the reason for the delay in approaching the Court for filing the memo of appeal. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants are not in a position to rebut the submission of the learned Special Public Prosecutor. 4. Considering the submissions made by the learned Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.360 of 2025(4) dt.28-01-2026 2/2 Special Public Prosecutor, the Court is not inclined to condone the delay of 262 days in filing the memo of appeal for reasons mentioned in the limitation petition. 5. The limitation petition is, thus, dismissed. 6. In consequence whereof, the appeal also stands dismissed. Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T