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2021 DIGILAW 840 (PAT)

Jaigovind Ram v. State of Bihar

2021-08-18

AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH

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JUDGMENT : The matter has been heard via video conferencing. 2. Heard Mr. Bachan Jee Ojha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Shailendra Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor (hereinafter referred to as the ‘APP’) for the State. 3. The petitioner has moved the Court seeking modification in the judgment and order dated 02.03.2021 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 31869 of 2020. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that due to inadvertent typographical error, the name of the father of the petitioner was wrongly typed in the main petition of Cr. Misc. No. 31869 of 2020 inasmuch as, the name of the father of the petitioner has been typed as Karamu Ram instead of Rambarat Ram. It was submitted that the Court may permit correction in the cause title of the main petition of Cr. Misc. No. 31869 of 2020 and such correction be also made in the cause title of the judgment and order dated 02.03.2021 of the said case. Further, it was submitted that since the time granted to the petitioner to surrender before the Court below has elapsed, the Court may extent the period. 5. Learned APP does not oppose. 6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, the Court finds that in view of there being inadvertent typographical error, the prayer for modification is bona fide. 7. Accordingly, let learned counsel for the petitioner make correction in the name of the father of the petitioner in the cause title of the main petition of Cr. Misc. No. 31869 of 2020 and as a consequence such correction be also made in the name of the father of the petitioner in the cause title of the judgment and order dated 02.03.2021 in the said case, as indicated above. Further, the time granted to the petitioner to surrender before the Court below and seek bail stands extended by a further period of six weeks from today. 8. The petition stands disposed of in the aforementioned terms.