Gautam Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.50653 of 2025; decided 22-12-2025; Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.; Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita 2023 Sections 103(2), 3(5), 61(2); murder; Kasim Bazar P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025; Munger; no specific allegation of assault or overt act or firing; hiding in adjacent lane; clean antecedent; co-accused Praveen Kumar shot the deceased; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Chief Judicial Magistrate Munger; Section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure; Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; conditions on bail; verification of antecedents.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within thirty days from receipt of the order, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger, in connection with Kasim Bazar P.S. Case No. 119 of 2025, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and further conditions (trial cooperation and attendance; no tampering with evidence or witnesses; verification of criminal antecedents with power of cancellation, without delaying acceptance of the bail bond for verification).