Shahin Naz v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed; dowry-linked charges under B.N.S. Sections 126(2), 115(2), 351(2), 352, 109, 85 and Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3-4; petitioner (first wife of informant's husband) not named in FIR; general and omnibus accusations; clean antecedents; arrest/surrender window of eight weeks; bail-bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; conditions of Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.; Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Nawada; Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 139 of 2025; Nawada; Patna High Court; Prabhat Kumar Singh J.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks, petitioner to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Nawada, in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 139 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.