Nitish Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Nitish Kumar v. The State of Bihar, Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 26209 of 2024, decided 26-10-2024 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh. Anticipatory bail granted in Jhajha P.S. Case No. 63/2021, District Jamui, involving Sections 341, 323, 307, 379, 504, 34 IPC; occurrence dated 02.03.2021 involving co-accused Mahadev Yadav and Surendra Yadav, Tilak ceremony, Kathara river, alleged theft of mobile phone; defence points: informant not eye-witness, simple injury, six-day FIR delay, clean antecedents. Keywords: anticipatory bail, Section 438(2) CrPC, C.J.M. Jamui, bail-bond Rs. 10,000, A.P.P. Indiwar Kumari, counsel Rajesh Kumar Sinha.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted conditionally: petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon arrest/surrender within eight weeks before the court below, on a bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Jamui, in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 63/2021, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions.