Vakeel Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted by Patna High Court (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) on 04-12-2025 in Cr. Misc. Nos. 19208 and 21235 of 2025 arising from Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 390 of 2024 (Thana Baikunthpur, District Gopalganj); offences under Sections 318(4), 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 352, 351(3), 3(5) of the BNS, 2023; alleged fraudulent sale of land claimed as gifted property by Punam Devi, Neeraj Singh and Pankaj Kumar Singh to purchasers Vakeel Rai and Arun Singh; Court held the matter to be a civil dispute for the competent Civil Court; bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of like amount; conditions under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) BNSS 2023; satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Gopalganj; counsel: Ram Jiban Pd Singh (petitioners), Raj Ballabh Singh and Vinod Shanker Modi (APPs), Uday Bhan Singh and Kumari Shreya (informant).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: the petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Gopalganj, in connection with Baikunthpur P.S. Case No. 390 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.