Nagendra Kumar Yadav @ Pappu Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted, conditional on monetary settlement: Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No. 9341 of 2025, order dt. 04-11-2025, single bench Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey. Petitioners apprehending arrest in Nalanda Complaint Case No. 1319 of 2023 under IPC Ss. 498(A), 341, 420, 406, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) (dowry assault allegations) and NI Act S. 138. Release on surrender/arrest within four weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- plus two sureties before JM 1st Class, Bihar Sharif (Nalanda); condition - pay complainant remaining Rs. 13.5 lakhs in four equal monthly installments, first installment Rs. 3,37,500/- at furnishing of bond, bond confirmed only after last installment; backdrop of panch compromise (Rs. 15 lakhs promised, Rs. 1.50 lakh paid). Complainant: Rinki Kumari; counsel: Mrityunjay Jha (petitioners), Khurshid Anwar APP (State), Sheela Sharma and others (O.P. 2).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioners (on arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below) on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class / concerned Court, Bihar Sharif (Nalanda), subject to payment of the remaining Rs. 13.5 lakhs to the complainant in four equal monthly installments, first installment of Rs. 3,37,500/- at the time of furnishing the bail bond, with the bond to be confirmed only after payment of the last installment.