Sapna Kumari v. The State of Bihar
ANTICIPATORY BAIL – DOWRY DEATH (Sections 304B and 34 IPC)
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No. 18187 of 2025, decided 26-03-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J: anticipatory bail allowed to sister-in-law (Gotni) and father-in-law of deceased in dowry death case (Sections 304B/34 IPC), Mokama P.S. Case No. 442 of 2023, Barh; general and omnibus allegations, clean antecedents; bail bond Rs. 10,000 each, two sureties, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks, they are to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-V, Barh, in connection with Mokama P.S. Case No. 442 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.