Lakshmi Devi @ Sonashri Raj v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail Patna High Court 2026 Sunil Dutta Mishra; petitioners Lakshmi Devi @ Sonashri Raj and Manish Kumar; Garkha P.S. Case No. 963 of 2025 Saran at Chapra; Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 79, 74, 351(3), 352, 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; Sections 25(1-B)(i) and 27 Arms Act; Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions; family dispute false implication of informant's daughter-in-law; delay of 5 days in lodging F.I.R.; amicable settlement between parties; no criminal antecedent; bail bonds Rs.10,000 each with two like sureties; Judicial Magistrate-I Saran at Chapra; release in event of arrest or surrender within six weeks.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioners to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Garkha P.S. Case No. 963 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.