Bal Kishun Das @ Bal Kushun Das v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7373 of 2025; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.; Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506 IPC; Sections 3 and 4 Dowry Prohibition Act; Section 482(2) BNSS; dowry cruelty complaint; PS/Complaint Case No. 1669 of 2022, Banka; mediation failed for petitioner's absence; conditional bail on Rs. 3,000 per month deposit to wife's savings account; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; cancellation on two consecutive monthly defaults; payments subject to matrimonial/maintenance proceedings.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioner to be enlarged on bail upon arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Banka in Complaint Case No. 1669 of 2022, subject to Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. and further conditions — complainant to disclose her savings bank account by affidavit; petitioner to deposit Rs. 3,000/- per month therein; bail bond cancellable on default for two consecutive months; payments subject to orders in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings.