Radha Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory / pre-arrest bail, Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No.72298 of 2025, decided 01-11-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. Petitioners Radha Devi and Gaurav Kumar apprehended arrest in Kunauli PS Case No. 41 of 2025 (Supaul) under sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) BNS. FIR lodged after five days' delay; allegations general and omnibus, no specific overt act; clean antecedents claimed; State opposed. Bail allowed: bond Rs.10,000/- each plus two like sureties, JM 1st Class Birpur, subject to section 482 B.N.S.S. conditions. Keywords: anticipatory bail, BNS offences, omnibus allegation, Supaul, Kunauli, BNSS s.482.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail allowed for both petitioners: in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks, enlargement on bail on a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Birpur, in Kunauli Police Station Case No. 41 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the B.N.S.S.