Amit Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail order, Patna High Court, Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma, dated 07-05-2024, Criminal Miscellaneous No.27828 of 2024, arising out of Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 396 of 2023, District East Champaran (F.I.R. dated 09.11.2023; IPC Sections 414, 467, 468, 471/34; motorcycle theft and sale; recovery of two motorcycles from co-accused's house). Petitioner Amit Kumar implicated via disclosure statement of co-accused Naveen Chaubey @ Saheb Chaubey; clean antecedent; release on bail upon arrest/surrender within 30 days on Rs. 10,000 bond with two like sureties; Section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure conditions; advocates: Sharda Nand Mishra (petitioner), Syed Mojibur Rahman APP (State of Bihar).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within thirty days, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and additional conditions (trial co-operation and physical presence, non-tampering with evidence/witnesses, and verification of criminal antecedents without delaying acceptance of bail bonds).