Ajay Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.5694 of 2025; order dated 13-02-2025; Justice Purnendu Singh; Nawada Complaint Case No.146 of 2021 (District Nawada); offences under IPC Sections 498(A), 323, 504, 379, 307; alleged dowry demand of Rs.5,00,000/- with assault and torture; earlier provisional pre-arrest bail dated 20.04.2023 in Cr. Misc. No.33233 of 2022 cancelled by District Court on 01.08.2023; custody since 23.08.2024; clean antecedent; bail bond Rs.25,000 with two sureties; conditions including District Court verification of antecedents and automatic lapse of order.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted: petitioner to be released upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each (bailors to be local with sufficient immovable property) to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Nawada in connection with Complaint P.S. Case No.146 of 2021, subject to conditions: co-operation in trial with proper representation on every fixed date; no tampering with evidence or witnesses (liberty to prosecution to seek cancellation); steps to cancel bail bond if involved in similar offence after release; and District Court verification of criminal antecedents as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application, failing which the order loses force automatically.