Dilip Kumar v. State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted; A.B.A. No. 307 of 2025; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; decided 23.01.2025; Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.; petitioner Dilip Kumar; opposite parties State of Jharkhand and Ritu Kumari (informant wife); Katkamdag P.S. Case No.107 of 2024; Hazaribagh; IPC sections 341/323/325/326/307/498A; Dowry Prohibition Act Section 3/4; dowry demand cruelty allegation; marital discord; delay in FIR; release within six weeks of arrest or surrender; cash security Rs.25,000; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two like sureties; Judicial Magistrate -1st Class Hazaribagh; conditions: cooperation with investigation, mobile number and Aadhaar Card, no annoyance of informant, maintenance of wife with dignity on resumption of conjugal life; section 482 (2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; advocates Prabhash Ch. Sinha and Sudhir Kr. Mahto.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: release on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, on cash security of Rs.25,000/- and bail bond of Rs.25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the stated conditions and to section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.