Patna High Court
Zakir Dewan @ Mohammad ZakirversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SANDEEP KUMAR
Holding
The court modified the order to correct the appellants’ address and granted them an additional four weeks to surrender.
Summary
Petitioners Zakir Dewan and Mahboob Dewan filed an application seeking modification of the order dated 11‑11‑2025 in Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 2826 of 2024. They requested that their residential address be corrected to "village‑Chandanbara, P.S‑Dhaka, District‑East Champaran" and that the period allowed for surrender and furnishing bail bonds be extended by four weeks. The court examined whether such corrections and extensions could be granted under procedural law. It held that the court has the authority to amend the earlier order to rectify the address and to grant additional time for surrender. Accordingly, the order was modified to reflect the corrected address and to provide the appellants four more weeks to surrender. The modification application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether the address of the appellants can be corrected in the earlier order
- Whether the period for surrender can be extended by four weeks
Subjects
- address correction
- surrender extension
- bail
- modification of order
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7290 of 2026
In
CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2826 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-127 Year-2024 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran
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1. Zakir Dewan @ Mohammad Zakir S/o Jiyaul Dewan Resident of village-
Chandanbara, P.S.- Dhaka, Distt.- East Champaran
2. Mahboob Dewan @ Mahboob Alam S/o Jiyaul Dewan Resident of village-
Chandanbara, P.S.- Dhaka, Distt.- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Sumitra Devi W/o Ram PUkar Ram Resident of village- Chandanbara, P.S.-
Dhaka, Distt.- East Champaran
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Adv
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 16-02-2026 Heard learned counsel or the appellants and learned
counsel for the State.
2. The present application has been filed for
modification of the order dated 11.11.2025 passed in Cr.
Appeal ( SJ) No. 2826 of 2024 to the extent that address of the
appellants may kindly be corrected to be read as residents of
village- Chandanbara, P.S- Dhaka, Distict- East Champaran and
period of surrender may kindly be extended for further period of
four weeks to enable the appellants to surrender and furnish bail
bonds.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7290 of 2026(2) dt.16-02-2026
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3. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the
prayer made therein is allowed and in the order dated
11.11.2025 passed in Cr. Appeal ( SJ) No. 2826 of 2024 the
address of the appellants shall be read as “residents of village-
Chandanbara, P.S- Dhaka, Distict- East Champaran” and
appellants are further granted four weeks time to surrender.
4. Accordingly, the order dated 11.11.2025 passed in
Cr. Appeal ( SJ) No. 2826 of 2024 is modified to the extent
indicated above.
5. Accordingly, the present modification application
stands allowed.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
N.K/-
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