Chandan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order dt. 29-08-2024 (Chandra Prakash Singh, J.), Criminal Miscellaneous No.63492 of 2024, arising in Cr. Misc. No.17020 of 2024 / Vaishali (Belsar O.P.) P.S. Case No. 552 of 2023: Chandan Kumar v. The State of Bihar. Keywords: modification application; anticipatory bail; extension of time to surrender; furnishing/executing bail bonds; section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure; six-week surrender deadline missed due to unavoidable circumstances; four-week extension from receipt of order; bail bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of like amount; Vaishali at Hajipur. Outcome: modification application allowed; order dated 14.03.2024 modified to extend surrender time by four weeks. Useful for citing practice on extending surrender deadlines under anticipatory bail orders.
What did the court decide?
Time to surrender and execute bail bonds extended by four weeks from the date of receipt of the modified order; the anticipatory bail order dated 14.03.2024 (Cr. Misc. No. 17020 of 2024) modified to that extent.