Santosh Chaudhary @ Santosh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS (CR. MISC.) No.36247 of 2025; Chandra Shekhar Jha, J; order dated 03-11-2025; anticipatory bail granted to husband of complainant; dowry cruelty case; attempt to rape allegation levelled against petitioner's father (complainant's father-in-law), not the petitioner; IPC Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 379, 406, 376, 511, 504/34; Dowry Prohibition Act Section 3/4; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; Section 482(2) BNSS; Complaint Case No. 2507 of 2017; Muzaffarpur; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court within four weeks of the order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District & Sessions Judge-I, Muzaffarpur/concerned Court, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) BNSS.