JUDGMENT :

Notice upon O.P.no.2 has been effected and he has received the notice personally. By order dated 28.3.2023 the matter was adjourned with a view to provide one more opportunity to the O.P.no.2 and the matter was directed to be listed on 18.4.2023. When the matter was taken up, on repeated call, nobody has responded on behalf of the O.P.no.2 even the Vakalatnama has been filed earlier and these facts suggest that the O.P.No.2 has lost the interest in the matter and that is why the matter is being heard on merits in absence of O.P.No.2.

2. Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar Thakur, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Mrs. Ruby Pandey and Mr. K.K. Bhatt, the learned counsels appearing for the respondent State in respective cases.

3. In W.P.(Cr.) No.426 of 2016 the prayer is made for quashing of the order dated 4.12.2014 passed in Cr.Appeal No.203 of 2014 by the learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi. In Cr.Revision No.11 of 2017, the prayer is made to set aside the judgment dated 26.11.2016 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in this case is with regard to filing of the appeal