Pravin Kumar Singh @ Pravin Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail under S.438 Cr.P.C.; cyber crime; offences under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 120(B) and 471 IPC; Jamui P.S. Case No. 694 of 2022 lodged 15.12.2022 by informant Dhruv Kumar; raid on accused Chhotu Kumar; co-accused Amarjit Kumar; recovery of five mobile phones, ten SIM cards, passbooks/cheque books/ATM cards; petitioners Pravin Kumar Singh @ Pravin Kumar and Dharmendar Kumar named by accused but without criminal antecedents; undertaking to appear in trial; bail bond Rs. 10,000 each with two sureties; conditions include fortnightly police attendance for six months and appearance on every trial date; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23266 of 2025; Justice Rajiv Roy; decided 01-05-2025; advocate Satya Prakash Parasar for petitioners, APP Jitendra Kumar Singh for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: release on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000 each with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui, in connection with Jamui P.S. Case No. 694 of 2022, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions and additional conditions — (i) one bailor a family member/relative with official document of bona fide; (ii) appearance on every trial date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation; (iii) fortnightly police-station attendance for six months; (iv) no inducement/promise/threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence; (v) desistance from further offences, failing which cancellation of bail bonds.