Sonu Kumar @ Durgi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Conditional bail; S. 379 Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act; Rampur P.S. Case No. 171 of 2024, District Gaya; motorcycle theft alleged, accused spotted on hospital CCTV footage; criminal antecedent pleaded by State; payment of Rs. 5,000 to informant by SBI Demand Draft as bail condition; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; fortnightly police-station reporting for one year; Patna High Court, Crl. Misc. No. 87788 of 2024, Rajiv Roy, J., order dated 08-01-2025.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail in Rampur P.S. Case No. 171 of 2024 on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class cum Civil Judge (Junior Division-XX), Gaya, subject to payment of Rs. 5,000/- to the informant by Demand Draft of the local SBI branch submitted through the trial Court, and to conditions of regular trial attendance (cancellation for two consecutive absences without plausible reason), fortnightly police-station reporting for one year, non-tampering with witnesses/evidence, and desistance from fresh offences.