IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7753 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-459 Year-2011 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Chandra Bhushan Singh S/o Sudheshwar Pratap Singh R/o Village - Sakhua, P.S - Barharia, District - Bhojpur, Pin - 802206 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar Bihar 2. Kameshwar Singh S/o Late Satyanarayan Singh R/o Village - Bahiro, P.S - Ara Nawada, District - Bhojpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Kumar Abhishek For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Bharat Bhushan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. 2. The present application has been filed under Section 582 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of the FIR of Ara Nawada P.S. Case No. 459 of 2011, registered for the offences under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The FIR was instituted in the year 2011, whereas the present application has been preferred after an inordinate delay of nearly 15 years. The petitioner has failed to furnish any plausible or satisfactory explanation for such an extraordinary delay. No material has been placed on record to explain or Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7753 of 2026(2) dt.26-03-2026 2/2 justify the prolonged inaction on the part of the petitioner in approaching this Court. 4. In the absence of any convincing explanation for the gross delay, this Court is not inclined to entertain the present application. Accordingly, the present application stands dismissed on the ground of delay and laches. Jyoti/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U