Bibi Akhtari @ Bibi Akhtari Begum v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Conditional grant
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.2571 of 2025, decided 09-05-2025 by Justice Alok Kumar Sinha. Conditional anticipatory bail under section 482(2) BNSS 2023 granted to Bibi Akhtari, Md. Firoj Alam and Md. Imran Khan in Morkahi P.S. Case No. 133 of 2024 (Khagaria), an FIR under Sections 120(B), 406, 420, 467, 468 and 34 IPC arising from a Rs. 70 lakh land-sale agreement and alleged non-refund; bail conditioned on payment of admitted dues of Rs. 28,00,000/- within five months against the informant's claimed receipt of Rs. 36.25 lakhs; balance recoverable in Civil Court; bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all three petitioners, conditional on payment of the admitted dues of Rs. 28,00,000/- to the informant within five months from the date of the order (failing which the informant may seek cancellation and pursue the balance in the Civil Court); on arrest or surrender within four weeks, enlargement on bail on a bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties before the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 1st, Khagaria, subject to section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions.