PURAN MANDAL . vs STATE OF BIHAR . — C.A. No. 3522/2006

Case Summary: Puran Mandal v. State of Bihar (C.A. No. 003522/2006) The Supreme Court allowed the appellants' appeal and set aside the High Court's order dismissing their Section 5 Limitation Act application. The Court condoned the 3.5-year delay in filing the Letters Patent Appeal, considering that the appellants are agriculturists, the first appellant is illiterate, and Bihar's bifurcation into Bihar and Jharkhand created complications. The Letters Patent Appeal was allowed subject to the appellants depositing Rs. 5,000 in the High Court by September 30, 2006, after which the appeal would be heard on merits. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.