Satyaki Kumar @ Vivek Yadav @ Vivek Kumar @ Sattiyaki v. The State of Bihar
ANTICIPATORY BAIL – SC/ST ACT
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted; SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Section 14-A(2) appeal; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1664 of 2024; order of Special Judge/Court (SC/ST Act), Purnea dated 07.03.2024 set aside; SC/ST P.S. Case No. 17 of 2023; IPC Sections 341, 323, 324, 504, 506, 34; SC/ST Act Section 3(i)(r)(s); Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; bail bonds Rs. 5,000/- with two sureties; six-week surrender window; earlier appeal Cr. APP. (S.J.) No. 4264 of 2023 withdrawn 01.03.2024; appellant in custody since 19.02.2024.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed: impugned order dated 07.03.2024 set aside; appellant to be released on anticipatory bail upon arrest or surrender before the trial court within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions.