Gupteshwar Prasad Sinha Alias Gupteshwar Prasad v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order of the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., 06-01-2026) allowing anticipatory bail applications A.B.A. No. 6722 of 2025 and A.B.A. No. 6851 of 2025 filed by the sister-in-law, brother-in-law and father-in-law of a deceased woman who, per the allegations, committed suicide due to torture; underlying FIR: Sidhgora P.S. Case No. 117/2025, Sections 85, 108, 3(5) BNS, Jamshedpur; charge-sheet filed only against the husband, who is in custody; nothing cogent against the petitioners per Annexure-A; no Dowry Prohibition Act case against petitioners; State and informant opposition noted (witness statements in case diary paras 8-10); bail on Rs. 25,000 bond each with two like sureties, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions; no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioners in both A.B.A. No. 6722 of 2025 and A.B.A. No. 6851 of 2025; petitioners to surrender within three weeks and, on arrest or surrender, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.