Santosh Kumar Pradhan Alias Kanhu Pradhan v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi — Cr.M.P. No. 3162 of 2025, decided 04.12.2025 by Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J. Extension of time to surrender granted under S. 528 B.N.S.S., 2023; anticipatory bail order dated 19.03.2024 in A.B.A. No. 4955 of 2023 modified; petitioner (Shantosh Kumar Pradhan @ Kanhu Pradhan) directed to surrender within two weeks of receipt of the copy of the order; plea of working outside the State for livelihood and communication gap, no deliberate inaction; State (through A.P.P. Shiv Shankar Kumar) opposed. Keywords: extension of time to surrender; anticipatory bail; modification of bail order; B.N.S.S. S. 528; Cr.M.P.; A.B.A.
What did the court decide?
Extension of time to surrender before the court below: petitioner directed to surrender within two weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of the order; order dated 19.03.2024 in A.B.A. No. 4955 of 2023 modified to that extent.