Mukesh Patel @ Mukesh Kumar @ Vasant v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Offence under Section 309(4) of BNS
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) allowed anticipatory bail in Criminal Miscellaneous No.21407 of 2026 arising from Tajpur P.S. Case No. 140 of 2025, Samastipur, for offence under Section 309(4) of BNS (snatching of locket at gunpoint by three unknown miscreants on bike Regn. No. BR33BD 9275). Petitioner Mukesh Patel @ Mukesh Kumar @ Vasant directed to surrender within four weeks; to be enlarged on bail on bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties, subject to section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. conditions. Confessional statement in connected Tajpur P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025, recovery of locket from one Uday, and three criminal antecedents noted.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to surrender in the Court below within four weeks and, in the event of arrest or surrender in connection with Tajpur P.S. Case No. 140 of 2025, 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 the learned District and A.C.J.M.-1st, Samastipur, subject to conditions under section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.