Md. Zaki Haider @ Zaki Haider v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6891 of 2025, decided 21-03-2025 by Justice Anil Kumar Sinha. Anticipatory bail allowed to four in-laws of the informant (Md. Zaki Haider, Hafsa Bandi, Md. Jawed, Aisa Bandi) in Warisnagar PS Case No. 62 of 2024, Samastipur — offences under Section 498(A) IPC and other allied sections and Section 3/4 of the D.P. Act; FIR alleges dowry demand of Rs. 10 lacs and motorcycle and an attempt to set the informant ablaze on 18.02.2024. Grounds: petitioners are brothers-in-law/sisters-in-law of the informant residing separately in another village. Relief: release on bail on arrest/surrender within six weeks, bail bond Rs. 10,000 each with two like sureties, before CJM Samastipur, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions. No precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, in connection with Warisnagar PS Case No. 62 of 2024, subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.