Suresh Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Section 438(2) CrPC; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 35889 of 2025; Katoriya P.S. Case No. 210 of 2016; Katoriya; Banka; Sections 341, 323, 325, 308, 504/34 IPC; cognizance 07.12.2019; simple injuries; no criminal antecedent; no specific allegation; clean antecedents; bail bond Rs. 10,000; two sureties; Chief Judicial Magistrate Banka; six weeks to surrender; A.P.P. opposition; Alok Kumar Pandey, J. Parties: Suresh Rai, Triveni Thakur, Aangrez Rai, Manju Rai @ Manoj Rai, Gulabi @ Gulo Rai, Nanku Rai @ Nankhu Rai, Prabhu Rai @ Kumari Prabhu Kuar @ Rai, Dipal Rai @ Dipak Kumar versus The State of Bihar. Advocates: Brij Nandan Prasad (petitioners); Shailendra Kumar (State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all eight petitioners: in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within six weeks, each petitioner to be released on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka, in connection with Katoriya P.S. Case No. 210 of 2016, subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.