Chandra Bhushan Kumar Singh @ Chandra Bhushan Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail partly allowed; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19855 of 2024 (Patna High Court, Rajesh Kumar Verma, J., order dated 02-04-2024); Chakia P.S. Case No. 350 of 2022, F.I.R. dated 08.08.2022, East Champaran; offences under Sections 323, 324, 341, 307, 385, 34 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act; alleged ransom demand of Rs. 05 lakhs; land dispute; case and counter case; compromise petition filed before court below; clean antecedents; petitioner no. 2 Bhulan Bhagat's petition dismissed as withdrawn after arrest; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount; surrender/arrest window of thirty days; conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC; CJM Motihari.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to petitioners nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5: on arrest or surrender within thirty days of receipt of the order, release on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Chakia P.S. Case No. 350 of 2022, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and further conditions (cooperation in trial, no tampering with evidence/witnesses, verification of criminal antecedents without delaying acceptance of bail bonds); petition dismissed as withdrawn qua petitioner no. 2 (Bhulan Bhagat).