Musomat Rashmi Kumari @ Khushbu Devi @ Rashmi Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail granted by Patna High Court to wife of the deceased facing murder (S.302 IPC) with Ss.201, 120B and 380 IPC charges in an East Champaran/Motihari case; grounds recorded: general and omnibus nature of accusation, inter-se relationship of parties, and investigation materials; bail conditioned on surrender within eight weeks, Rs. 10,000 bond with two like sureties and Section 482(2) BNSS conditions. Relevant for anticipatory bail pleas resting on omnibus allegations and close family relationship.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: upon arrest/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 Chief Judicial Magistrate Incharge, East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Govindganj (Areraj) P.S. Case No. 360 of 2023, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.