Lalit Yadav v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail allowed; Patna High Court; CR. MISC. No. 28314 of 2024; decided 02-08-2024; Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. Petitioners: Lalit Yadav, Pintu Yadav @ Pintu Kumar, Manoj Yadav @ Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Yadav. Case: Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 525 of 2022, District Gaya. Offences: IPC Sections 341, 323, 308, 379, 506/34 (FIR); chargesheet under Sections 341, 323, 325, 308, 504, 506/34 IPC. Benefit of Section 41(1)(a) and 41-A CrPC during investigation; no arrest pre-chargesheet; no criminal antecedent; second pre-arrest bail application; reliance on Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI (2022) 10 SCC 51; bail bond Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; antecedent verification with non-delay clause; partition/family dispute between brothers per counsel.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail allowed: on arrest or surrender within four weeks, the petitioners to be released on bail in Fatehpur P.S. Case No. 525 of 2022 on bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, X, Gaya, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; court below to verify criminal antecedents and take cancellation steps if concealed, without delaying acceptance of bail bonds for verification.