Mukesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.72672 of 2024, decided 29-01-2025 by Rajesh Kumar Verma, J. (oral order). Anticipatory bail under the BNSS/CrPC regime allowed for six of seven petitioners (Mukesh Kumar excluded as his bail application was withdrawn 21.10.2024) in Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 310 of 2024, FIR dated 04.07.2024, District Bhagalpur, Sections 127(1), 115(2), 109, 3(5) BNSS. Keywords: anticipatory bail; general and omnibus allegation; no specific overt act; clean antecedents; land dispute between agnates; case and counter case; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties; A.C.J.M. 1st Bhagalpur; Section 438(2) CrPC; Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; lathi-danda assault, head injury. No precedent cited or discussed.
What did the court decide?
Prayer for anticipatory bail allowed for petitioners nos. 2 to 7 (petitioner no. 1 excluded, his earlier bail application having been withdrawn on 21.10.2024): on arrest or surrender before the court below within thirty days of receipt of the order, release on bail on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. 1st, Bhagalpur, in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 310 of 2024, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS, 2023 conditions and the three additional conditions stated in the order.