Sanjog Yadav @ Sanjog Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order, Justice Harish Kumar, 23-10-2024; Cr. MISC. No.70034 of 2024 arising out of Aurangabad Town PS Case No.441/2020; anticipatory/pre-arrest bail; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; Section 379 IPC theft; Maruti Wagon-R car and e-rickshaw batteries stolen, CCTV captured; suspicion-based allegation; prior advance-money dispute (Rs. 20,000/- advance); petitioner with four criminal antecedents, on bail in all cases, still granted bail; State objected to years-long evasion of arrest; bail bonds Rs.10,000 with two sureties of like amount; Chief Judicial Magistrate Aurangabad; condition that one bailor be petitioner's own/close family member.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad, subject to the conditions in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. and with one bailor being the petitioner's own/close family member.