Bhola Sahnai @ Bhola Sahani v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.16811 of 2024, decided 08-05-2024 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Anticipatory bail allowed in Town P.S. Case No. 424 of 2023 (Motihari Town, East Champaran) under Sections 498(A), 364, 34 IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; dowry death allegation against brother, nephew and mother of co-accused husband; bail granted on lack of substantive material and possibility of false implication; bonds Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; compromise pleaded by defence.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to be released on bail, on arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Motihari/concerned court in Town P.S. Case No. 424 of 2023, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and further conditions that one bailor be a close relative and that the petitioners remain present on each date fixed by the trial court if required.