Surendra Thakur @ Sulendra Thakur v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20431 of 2024, decided 15-04-2024 by Chandra Prakash Singh, J (single bench). Anticipatory bail application under section 438(2) CrPC in Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 156 of 2022, District Samastipur, offences u/ss 457 and 380 IPC (alleged theft of ornaments and Rs. 50,000/-). Petitioner Surendra Thakur @ Sulendra Thakur; counsel submitted he was not named in the FIR, was implicated via a self-confessional statement in case no. 24 of 2022, had no recovery from his conscious possession, and had five other similar criminal antecedents. Application allowed: bail on arrest/surrender within six weeks on bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two like sureties, plus condition of personal appearance before the court below on every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause the bond is liable to cancellation.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner, if arrested or surrendering within six weeks, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to section 438(2) CrPC conditions and personal appearance before the court below on every date.