Suraj Kumar v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions; Sections 341, 323, 504, 498A, 379 IPC; Sections 3 & 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; Complaint Case No. 234C/2022; PS Case No. 234/2022 Patna Complaint Case; mediation failed 11.12.2024; maintenance Rs. 3000 per month as bail condition; deposit in wife's savings bank account; cancellation of bail-bond on two months' default; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; SDJM Barh Patna; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21623 of 2024; Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; order dt. 07-01-2025.
What did the court decide?
Bail in the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks: petitioner to be enlarged on bail on a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each before the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in Complaint Case No. 234C/2022, subject to section 438(2) CrPC conditions and to depositing Rs. 3000/- per month maintenance in the savings bank account of opposite party no.2, failing which for two consecutive months the court below may cancel the bail-bond.