IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.651 of 2007 AWADHESH KUMAR & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the appellants: Mr. Sushil Kumar For the respondents : Mr. Lalit Kishore, AAG – III Mr. S. Bharti, JC to AAG - III --- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice And Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal --- Dated, the 19th September, 2008 Mr. Sushil Kumar, Advocate appears and prays for time. The prayer for adjournment is highly unreasonable and cannot be acceded to. 2. We find from the proceedings that on 21st January, 2008, on behalf of the appellants an adjournment was sought and it was granted. Thereafter, on 24th June, 2008, Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Sinha, Advocate appeared and submitted that the appeal shall be argued by Sri Sunil Kumar, Advocate and because of his indisposition he has not been able to attend the court. We granted time. Then, on 21st July, 2008, some other Advocate Mr. Pravin Chandra Prasad appeared and made the same request for adjournment on the same ground of illness of the counsel for the appellants. We accepted the request and adjourned the matter. Then on 20th August, 2008, Mr. Sunil Kumar, 2 Advocate on whose behalf earlier time was taken, appeared and prayed for adjournment and we adjourned the matter. Then again on 4th September, 2008 adjournment was prayed on behalf of the appellant. 3. It appears that the appellants’ counsel is not desirous of arguing the appeal. The whole intention is to protract the litigation. 4. Letters patent appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. R. M. Lodha, CJ. Kishore K. Mandal, J. Neyaz/