Bhola Singh @ Bhola Chandravanshi v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court anticipatory bail granted 10-01-2024 (Justice Arun Kumar Jha) in Criminal Miscellaneous No.82478 of 2023 to Bhola Singh @ Bhola Chandravanshi re Nabinagar PS Case No. 179 of 2021 (Aurangabad): mob violence after drowning of wanted excise-case accused — road blockade, arson, stone pelting, damage to Government property/vehicles, police party attacked and injured; Sections 147/148/149/323/337/338/307/332/333/353/427/435/504/283/188 IPC and Section ¾ PDPP Act; bail granted on lack of substantive material and possibility of false accusation; Rs. 20,000 bond with two like sureties, CJM Aurangabad; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; surrender within eight weeks; parity with Co-ordinate Bench anticipatory bail to co-accused dated 14.07.2022 in Criminal Misc. No. 66121 of 2021.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to surrender or, if arrested, be produced before the court concerned within eight weeks and be released on bail of Rs. 20,000/- with two like sureties before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/concerned court, Aurangabad (Bihar), in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No. 179 of 2021, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions, with one bailor a close relative and attendance on trial-court-fixed dates when required.