Faisal Ali @ Faisal Ansari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Sections 309(4) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; Section 438(2) Code of Criminal Procedure; Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 187 of 2025; Gopalganj; motorcycle owner implicated; clean antecedents; actual perpetrator in judicial custody; bail bond Rs. 10,000; Patna High Court; Ajit Kumar, J.; CR. MISC. No.51804 of 2026; order dt. 29-07-2026. Relevant for anticipatory bail pleas where the applicant is implicated merely as vehicle owner while the person who actually committed the incident is already in judicial custody and the applicant has no criminal antecedent.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner, conditional on arrest or surrender before the court below within thirty days of receipt of the order, release on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 1st Class Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and four additional conditions.