Raju Mahato @ Pradeep Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted, Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 13181 of 2024, decided 12-03-2024 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh. Petitioners Raju Mahato @ Pradeep Kumar and Vidyasagar Mahato @ Sandeep Kumar apprehended arrest in Sikta P.S. Case No. 112 of 2023, Thana Sikta, District West Champaran, registered under IPC sections 341, 323, 353, 504, 506 and 34; prosecution alleged maarpeet during land measurement. Bail ordered in event of arrest or surrender within six weeks on bail bond of Rs. 10,000 each with two sureties of like amount, JM 1st Class Bettiah, subject to section 438(2) CrPC conditions. Counsel: Bimlesh Kumar Pandey for petitioners; Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP for State. No precedent cited; no impugned order.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, enlargement on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned JM 1st Class, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Sikta P.S. Case No. 112 of 2023, subject to section 438(2) CrPC conditions.