Sangupta Khatoon @ Sangupfa Khatoon @ Sangufta Khatoon v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 22 of 2025, decided 09-04-2025 by Justice Arun Kumar Jha (oral order). Bail application by Sangupta Khatoon @ Sangupfa Khatoon @ Sangufta Khatoon in Kachna P.S. Case No. 19 of 2024 (offences under Sections 302 and 201 IPC), District Katihar; prosecution case of murder of the informant's husband with body concealed under sand; petitioner's name surfaced during investigation. Bail allowed on grounds of gender, lack of substantive material implicating her, clean antecedents, custody since 19.08.2024 and submission of charge-sheet; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; conditions under Section 480(3) BNSS plus attendance and close-relative bailor conditions. Keywords: bail, murder, IPC 302, IPC 201, BNSS 480(3), lady accused, Katihar, charge-sheet filed.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner released on bail in connection with Kachna P.S. Case No. 19 of 2024 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar/court concerned, subject to the conditions in Section 480(3) of BNSS and additional conditions: (i) one bailor to be a close relative; (ii) presence on each and every date fixed by the court below; (iii) bail bond liable to cancellation on absence on three consecutive dates or violation of bail terms.