Aftab Alam @ Md.Aftab v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail granted; S. 302 IPC murder case; Mahishi P.S. Case No. 64 of 2024, Thana Mahishi, District Saharsa; victim was informant's wife killed by unknown miscreants while cutting mustard crop; petitioner's name surfaced via police informer and witness statements (seen in suspicious condition / fleeing place of occurrence); no eyewitness; nothing incriminating recovered from petitioner; CDR/tower location at place of occurrence but mobile phone not seized; custody since 25.05.2024; chargesheet submitted; clean antecedent; APP opposed citing witnesses stating petitioner seen fleeing; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties before SDJM Saharsa; conditions per S. 437(3) Cr.P.C. plus close-relative bailor, attendance on all dates, cancellation clause; decided 22-01-2025 by Justice Arun Kumar Jha.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate at Saharsa in connection with Mahishi P.S. Case No. 64 of 2024, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 437(3) of the Cr.P.C. and: (i) one bailor a close relative of the petitioner; (ii) presence on each and every date fixed by the court below; (iii) bail bond liable to cancellation on absence on three consecutive dates or violation of the terms of bail.