Ziyaul Ansari @ Jayaullah Ansari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court oral order dated 07-04-2026 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J., in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 19622 of 2026 — Ziyaul Ansari @ Jayaullah Ansari v. The State of Bihar — arising from Bela P.S. Case No. 151 of 2025, Thana Bela, District Sitamarhi, under Sections 69, 126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) BNS. Anticipatory bail allowed in a promise-of-marriage/physical-relations case: both parties majors, one-year relationship held not induced or involuntary, clean antecedents; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties to S.D.J.M. Sadar, Sitamarhi, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions. Themes: consensual relationship between adults, refusal to solemnize marriage, dowry demand of Rs. 5,00,000, threat to circulate obscene videos. Counsel: Sanjay Kumar for petitioner; Rajendra Singh Shastri, APP for State; Shankar Kumar for informant.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks, the petitioner is to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Sadar, Sitamarhi, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.