IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.542 of 2008 SATYANARAYAN SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the Appellant : Mr. Vinod Kumar For the Respondents 1 to 5: Mr. Alok Kumar, J.C. to G.A.I ------------ P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------------ Dated, the 23rd July, 2008. In this Letters Patent Appeal, the order of the Single Judge passed on 19th August, 2004 has been impugned. The appeal has been filed on 22nd July, 2008. It is, thus, barred by 3 years and 306 days. For condonation thereof, an application (I.A. No. 4283 of 2008) has been made. The explanation is that the appellant has been suffering from gout and rheumatic diseases and was under the treatment of Dr. Achal Kumar for the period from 25th August, 2004 to 15th February, 2006 and 10th September, 2006 to 15th May, 2008. It is pertinent to notice that Dr. Achal Kumar is a Homoeopathic doctor at Muzaffarpur. The certificate given by him records that the appellant had been suffering from gout and rheumatic diseases and he was under his Homeopathic treatment. The certificate does not show that for 3 years and 306 days, the appellant was confined to bed and not in a position to move out. Such certificate cannot be accepted nor does it explain the long delay of 3 years and 306 days. - 2 - 2. We, accordingly, reject the application (I.A. No. 4283 of 2008). 3. Since the application for condonation of delay has been rejected by us, the Letters Patent Appeal is liable to be rejected as time barred. We order accordingly. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J AMIN/-