Md. Safikul Sheikh v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No.1917 of 2025, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Ananda Sen J, 15.07.2025 — anticipatory bail ALLOWED for Md. Safikul Sheikh, Momina Bibi and Tajruddin Sheikh apprehending arrest under BNS 2023 Ss. 80/3(5)/61(2), Radhanagar P.S. Case No.178 of 2024 (daughter-in-law's suicide; alleged dowry demand/torture; A.P.P. conceded no torture allegation in case-diary; death by hanging, no injury marks). Bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two like-amount sureties; surrender within four weeks; I.O. reporting every 15 days; JMFC 1st Class, Rajmahal.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all three petitioners (Md. Safikul Sheikh, Momina Bibi, Tajruddin Sheikh): surrender before the learned court below within four weeks; on surrender or arrest, release on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Rajmahal, in connection with Radhanagar P.S. Case No.178 of 2024; surety conditions (one bailer a close relative; the other a Jharkhand resident with sufficient landed property, affidavit of share before the Trial Court); and appearance before the investigating officer once every 15 days with cooperation in the investigation.