IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.73 of 1998 GANAURI PRASAD SINHA @ GANAURI PRASAD, VILLAGE MAHESHPUR, HARNAUT, NALANDA. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR & 2. OFFICER IN CHARGE, FATEHPUR POLICE STATION, GAYA. ----------- 10. 08.07.2010. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has come to this Court for a direction to respondent no.2 to submit Final report in Fatehpur Police Station case no. 11 of 1992, registered on 29.2.1992 under sections 379,411/34 and 120B of the I.P.C. and section 126 of the Forest Act or to quash investigation of the said case on the ground of non-submission of final report even after lapse of six years of the lodging of the case. It appears this Court vide order dated 26.7.199 admitted the writ petition for hearing and ordered for not taking any coercive step against the petitioner in the aforesaid case. No one appears for the petitioner on repeated calls. The instant writ petition stands disposed of with observation that if no Final report u/s 173(2) Cr.P.C. has been submitted by the police in the above case as yet, the same would be treated as quashed in view of prolonged delay of 18 years in conclusion of investigation. It has been well settled in case of Wakil Prasad Singh Vs. State of Bihar, reported in 2009 SC 1822 that prolong investigation infringes Article 21 of the Constitution. Let this order be communicated to the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. The writ petition is disposed of. Shashi. (Samarendra Pratap Singh,J.)