IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7330 of 2008 1. VIVEKANAND JHA @ BIBEKANAND JHA 2. PAWAN JHA 3. GUDDU JHA 4. YASHRAM JHA, All Sons of Ravneshwar Jha 5. GURIA KUMARI @ GUDIYA KUMARI, D/o Ravneshwar Jha All are resident of village – Sihaul, P.S. Bihra, District – Saharsa. …. Petitioners. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …. Opp. Party. ----------- 02/ 22.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned APP for the State. Petitioners have invoked power of the High Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the circumstances that their request for extending the time for surrender fixed in terms of an earlier order passed in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 16 of 2007 has not been complied with by these petitioners. It is stated by learned counsel that a petition explaining the reasons came to be filed before the court of the learned Sessions Judge before the expiry of the time on 22.9.2007, but the learned Sessions Judge did not feel obliged to entertain such application and rejected the same on the ground that the petitioners are not taking the order of the court seriously. Keeping the totality of the situation as well as the reasons indicated in the petition for extension of the time, it is apparent that all these petitioners are working persons and spread across the country and reasons for their not surrendering by the appointed time is given. In view of the above, the petitioners are granted another opportunity by surrendering before the court below within a period of four weeks - 2 - from today. On petitioners surrendering, the earlier order of bail granted by the learned Sessions Judge shall be put to effect with the extended time. This application is, accordingly, allowed. Let the order be communicated to the court of S.D.J.M., Saharsa in connection with Complaint Case No. 700C of 2000 by fax on deposit of cost by the petitioners. DKS/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)