Samir Singh @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna HC Cr. Misc. No.5813 of 2025 (12-05-2025, Soni Shrivastava J): anticipatory bail to husband apprehending arrest in wife's dowry-demand/torture complaint (Complaint Case No. 261C of 2024; PS Case No.-261/2024, Nalanda; IPC ss.341, 323, 498A, 406, 34; Dowry Prohibition Act ss.3-4); bond Rs.10,000 + two like sureties within four weeks; S.438(2) CrPC/482(2) BNSS conditions; Rs.3,000/month to wife subject to maintenance orders; cancellation-of-bail clause on two consecutive missed payments; application disposed.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks, on a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C./482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions and cooperation in investigation/trial, together with a recorded arrangement of Rs.3,000 per month payable by the petitioner to opposite party no. 2 subject to maintenance-case orders and a bail-cancellation clause on two consecutive missed payments.