MD Arif Ansari v. the State of Jharkhand
Anticipatory Bail – S.498A IPC dowry-cruelty complaint
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No.1499 of 2025, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Order dated 06-03-2025 by Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary: anticipatory bail granted to Md. Arif Ansari, husband of complainant Jahida Khatoon (O.P. No.2), apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No.76 of 2024 under S.498A IPC (cruelty/dowry demand amid marital discord); conditional enlargement on surrender on 03.04.2025 before ACJM Madhupur (Deoghar), undertaking to restore wife to his home and maintain her with dignity, Rs.25,000 bail bond with two like sureties, and S.482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; bail available even if the wife declines to appear or resume conjugal life.
What did the court decide?
Conditional anticipatory bail: petitioner to surrender before the learned trial court on 03.04.2025 and be enlarged on bail on taking opposite party No.2 to his house with an undertaking to keep and maintain her with full honour and dignity as his lawful wife (or, if she does not appear or refuses to resume conjugal life, on condition to resume conjugal life if and when she joins him), on bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, conditioned to co-operate with the trial and subject to further conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.