Meraj Ahmad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.20227 of 2025, decided 08-10-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. Anticipatory bail in a dowry-related complaint case (PS Case No. 709 of 2019, Thana Bhabhu, Kaimur; offences under ss.323, 341, 504, 506, 498A IPC and ss.3 & 4 Dowry Prohibition Act). Bail allowed in view of mutual settlement recorded in mediator's report dated 30.8.2025; bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties before SDJM, Mohania; conditions under s.482 BNSS 2023. Keywords: anticipatory bail, apprehension of arrest, matrimonial dispute, settlement, mediator's report, Kaimur, Mohania, Gorakhpur.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks from 08-10-2025, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Mohania, Kaimur at Bhabua, in Complaint Case No. 709 of 2019, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.