Rahul Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17619 of 2026; order dt. 15-07-2026 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; arises out of PS Case No. 4495 of 2025, Muzaffarpur Complaint Case. Petitioner Rahul Kumar sought anticipatory bail for offences under Sections 308(3), 85, 115(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (dowry-related torture/harassment, abdominal injury causing miscarriage). Counsel pleaded innocence, general and omnibus allegations, an earlier Minapur P.S. Case No. 268 of 2025, and a pending divorce case in Family Court, Muzaffarpur. Result: anticipatory bail allowed; enlargement on arrest/surrender within eight weeks on Rs. 10,000 bail-bond with two like sureties before CJM Muzaffarpur, subject to Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner, on arrest or surrender before the court below within eight weeks, to be enlarged on bail on a bail-bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Complaint Case No. 4495 of 2025, subject to Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions.