Shiv Prasad Manjhi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail, conditional grant, Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No. 24865 of 2024, Justice Rajiv Roy, decided 15-05-2024; dowry-related offences IPC 498A, 313, 316, 341, 342, 323, 504, 506, 34 and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3/4; Veldi P.S. Case No. 305 of 2023, Saran at Chapra; monthly payment of Rs. 10,000/- to informant as bail condition; cancellation of bail bonds on payment default; merger of payment order with maintenance-case order; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; petitioners Shiv Prasad Manjhi and Kaushalya Devi; informant Kabita Kumari.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners subject to: (a) diligent monthly payment of Rs. 10,000/- to the informant by the 10th of every month (May, 2024 instalment by 31.05.2024), default entitling the informant to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds; (b) release on arrest or surrender within four weeks on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each before J.M. 1st Class, Saran at Chapra, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; (c) four enumerated conditions (family-member bailor with bona fides documents, regular trial-court attendance, no witness tampering/inducement, no fresh offences); and (d) the payment order to merge with the final order of the maintenance court once issued.