Md. Chhotan Quraishi @ Md. Naseer Quraish @ Md. Nasir Quraishi @ Nashir Quraishi v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Patna High Court, oral order dated 09-05-2025 (Harish Kumar, J)
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna HC anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under S. 482(2) BNSS 2023; Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 386 of 2022, Darbhanga; IPC Ss. 341, 323, 447, 307, 379, 504, 354A, 506/34; eve-teasing retaliation; Moharram Akhara group dispute (counsel's contention); iron-rod grievous injury attributed to co-accused Md. Eqbal and Md. Chotan Quraishi, not to applicants; FIR delay (occurrence 08-09.02.2022 vs FIR 14.08.2022); fair antecedents; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- each with two like-amount sureties; own/close-family bailor condition; Cr. Misc. No. 5208 of 2025 dismissed as withdrawn on arrest of petitioner; Cr. Misc. No. 6008 of 2025 bail allowed for petitioner nos. 1 and 2 (Md. Chand Quraishi, Md. Raja Quraishi) only; petitioner no. 3 arrested, application not pressed.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail to petitioner nos. 1 and 2, Md. Chand Quraishi @ Md. Chand Quaraishi and Md. Raja Quraishi, in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 386 of 2022: release in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga within four weeks, on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions in Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 and the condition that one bailor be an own/close family member. Cr. Misc. No. 5208 of 2025 dismissed as withdrawn (petitioner arrested during pendency); no relief recorded for petitioner no. 3 (Md. Quadir Quraishi), whose application was not pressed after his arrest.