Santosh Kumar Rai @ Santosh Rai v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Miscellaneous No.31387 of 2024, Patna High Court, decided 21-05-2024 by Justice Alok Kumar Pandey. Anticipatory bail application allowed for petitioners Santosh Kumar Rai @ Santosh Rai and Abhishek Kumar apprehending arrest in Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 668 of 2022, District Saran; FIR offences under IPC Sections 147, 148, 188, 341, 323, 324, 307, 447, 354, 504, 506; allegations that co-accused Manish Kumar struck the informant with a farsa and petitioner no.2 struck the informant's son; injuries described as simple; counsel claimed case-and-counter-case and that Sections 307 and 354 IPC not attracted; petitioners bear no criminal antecedent; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount each; C.J.M., Saran at Chapra; subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners, conditional on their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks; bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Saran at Chapra, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.