Chandeshwar Prasad @ Chandeshwar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30574 of 2025, decided 19-08-2025 by Justice Satyavrat Verma (oral order). Chandeshwar Prasad @ Chandeshwar Yadav v. The State of Bihar. Anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. in Kako P.S. Case No.140 of 2020, District Jehanabad (Sections 324, 326, 307, 34 IPC; Section 27 Arms Act); cognizance taken by trial Court despite police final form exonerating petitioner; bail-bonds Rs. 25,000/- with two like sureties to C.J.M. Jehanabad; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; named bailor Nitish Kumar; six-week surrender window; cancellation clause for delay in charge-framing or trial. Advocates: Vinod Kumar (petitioner), Mohammed Arif (APP/State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail-bonds of Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Jehanabad, upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions, one bailor to be cousin nephew Nitish Kumar, with liberty to the trial Court to cancel the bail bonds for delay in framing of charge or trial.