Anmol Singh @ Anmol Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26559 of 2024, decided 06-05-2024 by Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma: anticipatory bail (S.438 CrPC) allowed to Anmol Singh, Anuj Singh, Arvind Singh, Guddu Singh, Rohit Singh, Munna Rai and Raushan Singh in Bheldi PS Case No.39 of 2020 (FIR 11.02.2020, District Saran, PS Bheldi); offences under IPC ss.341, 342, 323, 324, 325, 307, 379, 427, 34, 506 and Arms Act s.27; key ground: no specific allegation of assault or overt-act, general and omnibus allegations, clean antecedents of petitioner nos. 1,3,4-6; bail bond Rs.10,000 each with two like sureties before ACJM-XI, Saran at Chapra; conditions under S.438(2) CrPC including attendance, non-tampering, antecedent verification.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed for all seven petitioners: release on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within thirty days of receipt of the order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000 (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-XI, Saran at Chapra, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and additional conditions: (i) cooperation in trial and physical presence on dates fixed, failing which on absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason bail bonds shall be cancelled (para 28); (ii) if petitioners tamper with evidence or witnesses, prosecution free to move for cancellation of bail (para 29); (iii) court below to verify criminal antecedents and take steps for cancellation of bail bond if concealment found, but acceptance of bail bonds shall not be delayed for verification (paras 30-32).