The High Court extended the time granted to petitioners to surrender by a further six weeks, considering their illness and the intervening COVID-19 pandemic as valid grounds for modification of the bail order.
Time granted for surrender was extended by a further six weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15847 of 2020
In
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.755 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2018 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Kaimur (Bhabua)
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... ... Petitioner/s
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Damodar Prasad Tiwary
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER
2 29-06-2020 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, through Video Conferencing.
This application has been filed for modification of the order, dated 01.08.2019, passed in Criminal Misc. No. 755 of 2019, whereby the present petitioners have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail subject to the condition that the petitioners shall surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from the date of the order.
Learned Counsel for the petitioners submits that due
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to illness of the petitioners and intervening COVID 19 pandemic, the petitioners could not surrender before the learned Court below within the time granted by this Court. He accordingly prays for four weeks’ more time to surrender before the learned Court below.
Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the petitioners, let the time granted by this Court to surrender before the learned Court below by order, dated 01.08.2019 passed in Criminal Misc. No. 755 of 2019, be extended by further six weeks from today.
Accordingly, this application is allowed to the extent indicated above.
Prabhakar Anand/-
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J.)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the time granted for surrender in an anticipatory bail order should be extended due to illness and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anil Kumar Sinha
As recorded by the court registry
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