Ramadhar Ram v. The State of Bihar
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Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.12507 of 2024; decision dated 25-07-2024; Satyavrat Verma, J (oral order). Anticipatory bail application by Ramadhar Ram and Rohit Kumar (petitioners) apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 7854(C) of 2023, PS Case No. 7854/2023, Thana Patna Complaint Case, District Patna; opposite parties: State of Bihar and Ankita Kumari (complainant, opposite party no. 2). Offences alleged: Sections 384, 386, 406, 420, 467, 468, 500, 503 and 120(B) IPC. Dispute concerns sale deed of 3 Kathas of land for Rs.39,30,000/- and alleged demand regarding 6 Kathas; refund of balance amount raised before Coordinate Bench on 14.03.2024. Outcome: anticipatory bail allowed; bail bond Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount; subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; arrest/surrender window of six weeks. Keywords: anticipatory bail, Section 438(2) CrPC, IPC cheating/forgery/extortion provisions, land sale deed, Arwal/Patna, Subhash Kumar advocate, Raj Kishor Singh APP.