SHAKTI PAD DAS v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
Court: High Court of Jharkhand
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
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Case summary
High Court of Jharkhand judgment dated 2020-12-11. SHAKTI PAD DAS v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. M. P. No. 1478 of 2020 Shakti Pad Das … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Sangita Kumari … Opposite Parties Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Niranjan Singh, Adv. For the State : Mr. V. N. Jha, A. P. P. ------ 04 /11. 12. 2020 Heard the parties through video conferencing. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr. P. C. by the petitioner with a prayer for modification of the order dated 05. 03. 2020 passed in A. B. A. No. 8898 of 2019. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was directed to surrender before the court below within four months but due to COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown, he could not arrange money and surrender within the stipulated time. It is next submitted that the petitioner has collected money and has prepared a demand draft of Rs. 3,00,000/- drawn in favour of the opposite party no.
2, a copy of the same has been annexed as Annexure-2 of the supplementary affidavit dated 02. 11. 2020. Hence, it is submitted that time to surrender before the court below in terms of the order dated 05. 03. 2020 passed in A. B. A. No. 8898 of 2019 be extended for six weeks from the date of this order. Considering the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the prayer for extension of the time for the petitioner to surrender in the court below in terms of the order dated 05. 03. 2020 passed in A. B. A. No. 8898 of 2019 is allowed. Hence, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the court below “within six weeks from the date of this order in terms of the order dated 05. 03. 2020 passed in A. B. A. No. 8898 of 2019”. The order dated 05. 03. 2020 passed in A. B. A. No. 8898 of 2019 is modified to the aforesaid extent only. This criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of accordingly. Pappu/ (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J. )
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