Sunita Devi @ Sunita Sharma v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; dowry demand; torture and harassment of informant; Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 506, 379/34 IPC; general and omnibus allegations against in-laws; mother-in-law, father-in-law, nanad, nandoi; thrust of accusation against husband; clean antecedent; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; bail-bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Chief Judicial Magistrate Samastipur; Hathauri P.S. Case No. 44 of 2023; Patna High Court; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J; decision dated 18-01-2024.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all six petitioners: upon arrest or surrender before the court below within six weeks, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, in connection with Hathauri P.S. Case No. 44 of 2023, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.