Sanjay Kumar Ray @ Sanjay Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail granted to in-laws (mother/family of husband) in dowry-torture FIR; Goraul P.S. Case No. 162 of 2024, Vaishali; Sections 341, 323, 354, 448, 498A, 504, 506, 34 IPC; kerosene burning allegation by State; marriage seventeen years old; fair antecedents; omnibus allegations; Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 bail conditions; bail bond Rs.5,000/- with two sureties of like amount each; Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1 Vaishali at Hajipur; one bailor own/close family member; Patna High Court; Cr. Misc. No. 14818 of 2025; decided 13-05-2025; Harish Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted: petitioners to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks, upon bail bonds of Rs.5,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1, Vaishali, at Hajipur, in connection with Goraul P.S. Case No. 162 of 2024, subject to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the condition that one bailor shall be an own/close family member of the petitioners.