Guddu Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39234 of 2025; order dt. 16-09-2025; Jitendra Kumar, J.; Mairwa P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, Siwan; Sections 140(3), 103(1), 238, 61 BNS; sole material is inadmissible confessional statement of co-accused Ajay Kumar Ram before police; no other connecting material; bail bonds Rs 10,000/- with two like sureties; ACJM-V Siwan; Section 482(2) BNSS; arrest/surrender within eight weeks; petitioner Guddu Kumar; informant's husband found dead, postmortem cause of death unascertained.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, Siwan, in connection with Mairwa P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, subject to Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and conditions (i)-(ii) for cancellation of bail bonds (concealed criminal antecedents; wrong statement regarding previous bail petition).