Suraj v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail - Patna High Court - CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3797 of 2025 (order dt. 15-10-2025, Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J): petitioner Suraj S/O Ismail (P.S. Pothia, District Kishanganj) apprehending arrest in Pothia P.S. Case No. 160 of 2024 under Sections 103(1), 80(2), 123( 61(2), 3(5) B.N.S.; alleged dowry demand and poisoning of the wife by the petitioner's family members in his absence; Court relied on FIR showing petitioner absent at the time of occurrence, deceased shifted to hospital and declared dead; bail allowed on Rs. 10,000/- bonds with two like sureties before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Kishanganj, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; attendance required on every hearing date till framing of charges. Keywords: anticipatory bail, BNS 103(1) 80(2) 61(2) 3(5), dowry, poisonous substance, Kishanganj, Pothia, BNSS 482(2).
What did the court decide?
Prayer for anticipatory bail allowed: in the event of arrest/surrender before the court below within four weeks, release on anticipatory bail on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Kishanganj in connection with Pothia P.S. Case No. 160 of 2024, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions, and an undertaking to appear in the court below on each and every date fixed till framing of charges.