Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.17096 of 2024 (footer: CR. MISC. No.17096 of 2024(2)); decided 20-03-2024 by Justice Satyavrat Verma (single-judge oral order). Anticipatory bail granted to Sabina Khatoon and Shiv Narayan Sahni in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 521 of 2023 dated 19.12.2023, offences under Sections 8(c), 21(b) and 29 NDPS Act; alleged recovery of 220 sachets of smack (53.900 gram) and Rs.21,257/- from jacket of Md. Abdul Salam @ Akhtar; bail bonds Rs.25,000/- each with two like sureties; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; special condition requiring trial-court verification that petitioner no. 2 is son-in-law of the main accused, else order not to take effect after recording reasons. Counsel: Mritunjay Kumar (petitioners); Chandra Bhushan Prasad, A.P.P. (State of Bihar). No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Conditional anticipatory bail to both petitioners upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; bail bonds of petitioner no. 2 to be accepted only after the trial court verifies from documents that he is the son-in-law of Md. Abdul Salam @ Akhtar, failing which the order shall not be given effect to after recording reasons.