Md. Ashiq @ Ashiq v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; mediation settlement; matrimonial/dowry dispute; Complaint Case No. 1441C/2022; Araria; IPC 498A 323 341 325 384 454; Dowry Prohibition Act sections 3 & 4; section 438(2) CrPC conditions; bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties; Chief Judicial Magistrate Araria; six-week arrest/surrender window. Identifiers: High Court of Judicature at Patna; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63890 of 2023 (CR. MISC. No.63890 of 2023); order dated 27-02-2024; Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; petitioner Md. Ashiq @ Ashiq; opposite parties The State of Bihar and Asiya; counsel Gopal Kumar Jha (petitioner), Harendra Prasad Addl Public Prosecutor and RK Singh (opposite parties). Disposition: bail application allowed on account of mediated mutual settlement dated 30.1.2024.
What did the court decide?
Bail relief allowed: on arrest or surrender within six weeks, petitioner to be enlarged on bail on a bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in Complaint Case No. 1441C/2022, subject to section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure conditions.