Jagdish Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; Sections 420, 504 IPC; advance payment of Rs. 2,50,000 for land registration; refusal to register land; abuse; Nazarat deposit; installment-based bail conditions (Rs. 1,00,000 upfront, Rs. 1,50,000 in three installments of Rs. 50,000 within six months); bail-bond cancellation on non-compliance; order without merits; Patna; Complaint Case No. 3917(C) of 2021; Jagdish Rai; Devendra Kumar; Ramesh Kumar Tiwari; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to be enlarged on bail on arrest/surrender within eight weeks upon furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and to deposit of Rs. 2,50,000/- in the Nazarat of the concerned Civil Court (Rs. 1,00,000/- with the bail-bond and Rs. 1,50,000/- in three equal installments of Rs. 50,000/- each within six months); payments subject to final outcome, with bail-bond cancellation permitted on default.