Batahu Sahni v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions imposed; Patna High Court Crl. Misc. No. 14218 of 2024; order dt. 09-07-2024 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; petitioners Batahu Sahni and Maharaj Sahni v. State of Bihar; Minapur P.S. Case No. 365 of 2023, District Muzaffarpur; offences under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 504, 506, 379, 354B, 325, 307 IPC; incident of 27.08.2023; iron-rod assault on informant's husband; snatching of gold chain and Rs. 50,000/-; Rs. 15,000/- taken from house; free fight between co-villagers; case and counter-case; injuries simple in nature; clean antecedents; bail-bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties; JMFC Muzaffarpur; arrest/surrender within six weeks; advocates Ravi Ranjan (for petitioners) and Suman Kumari Singh APP (for State); APP opposed grant.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners (Batahu Sahni and Maharaj Sahni); in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, they are to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No. 365 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.