Mansur Miyan @ Mansur Baitha v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7976 of 2024, decided 22-02-2024 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Anticipatory bail under Section 438(2) CrPC allowed for Mansur Miyan @ Mansur Baitha, Ali Miyan @ Ali Hussain and Maneer Miyan @ Maneer Baitha in Chanpatiya P.S. Case No. 248 of 2019, District West Champaran (IPC Sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 379, 147, 149). Grounds: no injury report, case and counter case (P.S. Cases Nos. 249 and 271 of 2019 lodged by petitioner no.2), compromise petition before S.D.J.M. Bettiah, possibility of false implication. Bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties before CJM, Bettiah; surrender/arrest window of eight weeks. Counsel: Ashok Kumar Gupta for petitioners; Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all three petitioners: on arrest or surrender within eight weeks, release on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran/concerned court in connection with Chanpatiya P.S. Case No. 248 of 2019, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and (i) one bailor being a close relative of the petitioners, (ii) remaining present on each date fixed by the trial court if so required.