Patna High Court
Renu DeviversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SANDEEP KUMAR
Holding
The Court allowed the modification, extending the time for deposit by four weeks while keeping the remaining conditions unchanged.
Summary
The petitioner, Renu Devi, filed an application seeking modification of an earlier order dated 21 June 2024 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 36369 of 2024. The original order had granted her a period to appear before the lower court and to seek provisional anticipatory bail, conditioned upon the deposit of a first installment of Rs. 1,25,000. The petitioner requested an extension of the time allowed for depositing this amount. The learned counsel for the petitioner and the Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State were heard on 9 February 2026. The Court, after considering the averments in the petition, allowed the application and extended the time for deposit by a further four weeks from the date of the order. All other conditions of the original order were left unchanged.
Issues considered
- Whether the time granted for depositing the first installment of Rs. 1,25,000 for provisional anticipatory bail can be extended
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- time extension
- modification of order
- provisional bail
- criminal miscellaneous
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.344 of 2026
In
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36369 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-121 Year-2023 Thana- SAMASTIPUR District- Samastipur
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Renu Devi W/o Shayam Shankar Roy @ Ram Shankar Rai R/o Village- Azad
Nagar Ward No.6, P.S- Muffasil, Dist- Samastipur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar Bihar
2. Rame Ranjan Raj S/o Late Ram Niwash Sharma R/o- Branch Head, Axis
Bank Ltd., Samastipur.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shankar Kumar Thakur, Advocate
For the State : Mr.Akshay Lal Pandit, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The present application has been for modification
of the order dated 21.06.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 36369 of
2024.
3. In view of the averments made in the petition, this
application is allowed.
4. The time granted to the petitioner for appearing in
the Court below and seeking provisional anticipatory bail after
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deposit of the first installment of Rs. 1,25,000/- is extended for
further four weeks from today.
5. Rest of the condition shall remain unchanged.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
P. Kumar
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