Patna High CourtCR. MISC./47042/2022allowed

Abhay Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2022-09-14Mr. Justice Harish Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47042 of 2022 In CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1357 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-30 Year-2021 Thana- BAHADURPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== ABHAY SINGH S/O NIRANJAN SINGH Resident of village- Thothopur, P.S.- Baheri, District- Darbhanga, at present resident of Basera Colony, Laheriasarai, District- Darbhanga.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ratanakar Jha, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 14-09-2022 Heard Mr. Ratanakar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a modification application stating therein that on account of inadvertence in paragraph 3 of the memo of appeal, the correct position of the criminal antecedent of the petitioner could not be mentioned because of non-disclosure of the fact by the deponent, however, the petitioner is involved in four other criminal cases besides the present one. The deponent seeks apology for the inadvertence as he being brother-in-law of the petitioner was not well aware of the correct position.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47042 of 2022(3) dt.14-09-2022 2/2 Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State submits that this is a case of suppression of fact and the deponent should be appropriately punished. Considering the aforesaid submission, this court is not satisfied with the submissions made on behalf of the deponent and deems it fit and proper to impose a cost of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) which shall be paid by the deponent within a period of two weeks from today before the Patna High Court Legal Services Committee.

Accordingly, the modification application is allowed and the paragraph 3 of the memo of appeal be modified to the extent that the petitioner is involved in four other criminal cases as mentioned in paragraph 4 of the modification application besides one mentioned in bail application.

(Harish Kumar, J) shakir/- U T