Deepak Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory / pre-arrest bail granted; ATM card cloning fraud; Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC; Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 121 of 2019 (District Patna); Rs. 40,000/- fraudulent transfer into petitioner's account; Rs. 80,000/- into co-accused Rajkumar Raman's account; petitioner ready to return amount; minuscule evidence collected; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; condition under Section 482(2) BNSS; verification of criminal antecedents with automatic lapse of order; Patna High Court; Purnendu Singh, J; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10514 of 2025; decided 13-05-2025.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail granted: the learned District Court directed to release the petitioner on his arrest or surrender within four weeks, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - II, Patna City, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and verification of the petitioner's criminal antecedents; the order loses its force automatically if any other case is found pending against him.