Kalawati Devi @ Kalavati Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; apprehension of arrest; Section 482(2) BNSS; Sections 420, 406, 34 IPC; Dowry Prohibition Act Section ¾; dowry demand general and omnibus allegation; no cash transaction prima facie in FIR; refusal to marry for non-fulfilment of dowry demand; clean antecedents; false implication claim; Lohianagar P.S. Case No. 55 of 2024; Thana Lauhiyanagar/Lohianagar; District Begusarai; parties resident of Village-Daudpur, District Jehanabad; Kalawati Devi @ Kalavati Devi, Anjali Kumari, Akash Kumar Singh @ Manish Singh, Abhimanyu Kumar @ Abhimanyu Singh v. The State of Bihar and Sudhir kumar Singh; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; surrender window of four weeks; Principal Sessions Judge Begusarai; Patna High Court; Chandra Shekhar Jha, J; order dated 19-01-2026.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all four petitioners: on arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court within four weeks of the order, they are to be released on bail on a bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Begusarai/concerned Court, in connection with Lohianagar P.S. Case No. 55 of 2024, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.