Santosh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.84200 of 2025, decided 11-02-2026 by Justice Ajit Kumar: anticipatory bail allowed under Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS; accused booked under Sections 319, 318(4), 3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 in Dhibra P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025 (FIR 06.08.2025), Aurangabad; alleged bribe of Rs. 15,000 for land mutation via pay-phone transaction, complainant Jamuni Devi, middleman Mani Prasad; petitioner suspended and under departmental proceedings; enquiry report sought on 23.12.2025 not produced despite court direction; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties before ACJM-IV Aurangabad.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted. On arrest or surrender before the Court below within thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, the petitioner is to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-IV, Aurangabad, in connection with Dhibra P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025, subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure / Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and four additional conditions: (i) one bailor to be a family member/relative providing official document to show bona fide; (ii) appearance on every Trial Court date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation of the bail bond; (iii) no inducement, promise or threat to witnesses or tampering with evidences; (iv) desistance from committing any criminal offence again.