Abhishekh Tatma @ Abhishekh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court anticipatory bail; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 228 of 2026; Araria P.S. Case No. 417 of 2025; B.N.S. Sections 96 and 3(5); kidnapping allegation by informant Shankar Mandal concerning 17-year-old daughter; victim statement under B.N.S.S. Section 183 denying kidnapping and claiming voluntary departure; clean antecedents; A.P.P. Kumar Veerendra Narayan opposed; counsel Madhav Jha; bail-bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount each; C.J.M. Araria; B.N.S.S. Section 482(2) conditions; eight-week window for arrest/surrender; Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh; decided 13-03-2026.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest or 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 C.J.M., Araria, in connection with Araria P.S. Case No. 417 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.