Nikhat Biwi @ Nikhat Khatun v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.15443 of 2024, decided 18-03-2024 by Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra. Anticipatory bail under Section 438(2) CrPC granted to Nikhat Biwi @ Nikhat Khatun in Sanokhar (Amdanda) P.S. Case No.207 of 2023, District Bhagalpur, registered under Sections 366, 120(B), 34 IPC with Section 376 IPC added subsequently; allegations that co-accused Shah Nashim took away the informant's wife with intention to marry her; petitioner implicated as sister-in-law (Nanad) of the victim's sister with no specific allegation; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; petitioner's counsel Davendra Kumar Pandey; State represented by APP Arun Kumar Singh.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Bhagalpur, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) CrPC.