Patna High Court
Ranjeeta DeviversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
The Court modified the order to reflect the correct number of antecedents and extended the surrender period by four weeks.
Summary
The petitioners, Ranjeeta Devi and Amit Kumar, filed a modification application to correct the record of their criminal antecedents in the order dated 01‑07‑2025 and to seek an extension of the time granted for surrender. The original order mistakenly stated fewer pending cases against them. The petitioners submitted a supplementary affidavit showing additional cases, prompting a request to amend the antecedent count. The Court accepted the correction, revising the order to reflect six cases for appellant 1 (with three on bail) and five cases for appellant 2 (with two on bail). Additionally, the Court extended the surrender deadline by four weeks from the date of the hearing. The modification application was disposed of, and the corrected order stands.
Issues considered
- Whether the order dated 01‑07‑2025 can be modified to correct the stated number of criminal antecedents of the appellants.
- Whether the time granted for surrender can be extended by the Court.
Subjects
- criminal appeal
- modification application
- extension of time
- criminal antecedents
- surrender deadline
- bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13429 of 2026
In
CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1169 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-91 Year-2024 Thana- SC/ST District- Samastipur
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1. Ranjeeta Devi W/o- Mukesh Kumar Jha Resident Of Village- Sarai, Ps-
Mohanpur, Dist -Samstipur
2. Amit Kumar @ Amit Kumar Jha S/o- Badri Narayan Jha Resident Of
Village- Sarai, Ps- Mohanpur, Dist -Samstipur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar Bihar
2. Madhu Kumari D/o- Late Param Manjhi R/v- Mohanpur Sarai, SAhpur
Patori Ps- Samastipur Dist- Samastipur
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shivjee Singh, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Anil Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 25-02-2026 Heard Mr. Shivjee Singh, learned counsel for the
petitioners/appellants and Mr. Anil Kumar, learned APP for the
State.
2. The present modification application is filed for
modification (extension of time) of the order dated 01.07.2025
passed in Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 1169 of 2025.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners/appellants
submits that due to inadvertently it has been recorded in
paragraph no. 5 of the order dated 01.07.2025 that “the
appellant no. 1 carries four criminal antecedents in which she is
on bail in three cases and appellant no. 2 carries three criminal
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antecedents other than the present one in which appellant no. 2
is on bail in two cases” but in fact the petitioners/appellants
have filed a supplementary affidavit stating therein that two
more cases are also pending against the appellants.
4. Let it be read as “ the appellant no. 1 carries six
more cases other than the present one in which appellant no. 1
is on bail in three cases and appellant no. 2 carries five more
cases other than the present one in which appellant no. 2 is on
bail in two cases” in place of “the appellant no. 1 carries four
criminal antecedents in which she is on bail in three cases and
appellant no. 2 carries three criminal antecedents other than
the present one in which appellant no. 2 is on bail in two cases”.
5. Accordingly, the order dated 01.07.2025 is
modified to the aforesaid extent.
6. In this view of the matter, the time granted for
surrender before the learned Court below in terms of order dated
01.07.2025 in Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 1169 of 2025 is extended by
four weeks from today.
7. Cr. Misc. No. 13429 of 2026 stands disposed of.
Ibrar//- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
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