Aashik Kumar Sah @ Ashik Kumar Sah v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail maintainability; Section 438 Cr.PC/482 B.N.S.S.; Sections 41/41-A Cr.PC and 35 B.N.S.S.; offence punishable up to seven years; Section 498-A IPC; Section 498(A); dowry and matrimonial dispute; East Champaran; Complaint Case No.2383 of 2024; Arnesh Kumar (2014) 8 SCC 273; Arnesh Kumar (2014) 8 SCC 469; Satyendra Kumar Antil [2021(10) SCC 773]; Navneet Kumar Singh 2025 SCC Online Pat 2973; Gauri Shankar Roy 2015 SCC OnLine Pat 2165 (2015) 3 PLJR 618; Mohd. Asfak Alam (2023) 8 SCC 632; Naushad Ansari Criminal Miscellaneous No. 3536 of 2024 per incuriam; Mohammad Raja Criminal Miscellaneous No. 65700 of 2025; duty of Sessions Court to decide anticipatory bail application; Section 170 Cr.PC/190 B.N.S.S.; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.; bail bonds Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Patna High Court; Jitendra Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; petitioner directed to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 and two additional conditions (cancellation of bail bonds if criminal antecedents concealed, or if statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong); Registrar General directed to circulate the order amongst all Judicial Officers of Bihar District Judiciary.