Satyendra Yadav @ Satyendra Prasad v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest bail; anticipatory bail; Patna High Court; Crl. Misc. No. 984 of 2025; Barachatti P.S. Case No. 545 of 2022; District Gaya; IPC Sections 341, 342, 323, 354(B), 307, 504, 506/34; assault with lathi-danda, rod, Khanti, Tangi; outrage of modesty of informant's daughter; case and counter case; land dispute; altercation; self-defence; injury without intention; clean antecedent; general and omnibus allegation contention; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; bail bond Rs. 25,000 with two like sureties; A.C.J.M.-IInd Sherghati at Gaya; four-week arrest/surrender window; antecedent verification by District Court; automatic lapse of bail order if other case pending; Purnendu Singh, J.; decided 05-02-2025.
What did the court decide?
All five petitioners directed to be released on pre-arrest bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within four weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-IInd, Sherghati at Gaya, in connection with Barachatti P.S. Case No. 545 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.; the learned District Court to verify the petitioners' criminal antecedents as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application, failing which the order loses its force automatically.