Ajay Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; B.N.S. Sections 316(2), 318(4); Amas P.S. Case No. 323/2024; Gaya; Sherghati J.M. 1st Class; refund of land-purchase advance of Rs. 1,50,000,00/- (Rs. 1.5 crore) with statutory interest; bail conditional on demand draft in favour of L.K. Multi Trade Marketing Pvt. Limited; informant-Director Braj Mohan Prasad FIR after legal notice; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; no criminal antecedent; witness-protection and attendance conditions; Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38358 of 2025 dated 25-06-2025; Justice Rajiv Roy. Holding: pre-arrest bail allowed subject to repayment-by-demand-draft and strict conduct/appearance conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks of receipt of the order, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each before the learned J.M. 1st Class, Sherghati, Gaya, in Amas P.S. Case No. 323 of 2024; conditional on (a) presentation of a demand draft in favour of L.K. Multi Trade Marketing Pvt. Limited at execution of the bail bond (undertaking to return Rs. 1,50,000,00/- with statutory interest), and (b) Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions plus the four special conditions (family-member bailor with bona fide document; attendance on every trial date with two consecutive unexplained absences entailing cancellation; no witness inducement/tampering; desistence from further offences).