( 2025:JHHC:18893 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI CrMP No. 1376 of 2025 Sandip Kumar Mehta, aged about 30 years, son of Munshi Prasad Mehta, resident of Village: Surajpura, PO: Surajpura, PS: Padma Out Post, District-Hazaribagh … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. party Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajit Kumar , Adv. For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam , Addl. PP. 02 / 11.07.2025 Heard the parties. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed under section 528 of BNSS, 2023 by the petitioner with a prayer for modification of the order dated 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that vide order dated 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021, the petitioner was directed to surrender before the court below within six weeks and to deposit Rs. 1,40,000/- as cash security but because of paucity of money, the petitioner could not arrange money and hence he could not surrender within the stipulated time but in the meanwhile, the petitioner arranged money and prepared the demand draft, the copy of which is kept at Annexure 2 of the brief. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner undertakes to revalidate the demand draft, as the said demand draft dt. 28.01.2025 will become invalid due to efflux of time, shortly. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the time to surrender before the court below in terms of the order dated 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021 be extended for six weeks from the date of this order. Considering the facts of the case and the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the prayer for extension of time for the petitioner to surrender in the court below in terms of the order dated 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021 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 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021”. The order dated 08.12.2021 passed in ABA No. 9073 of 2021 is modified to the aforesaid extent only. This criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of accordingly. (ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY, J.) Smita/-