Jitendra Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail, Patna High Court, single judge (Purnendu Singh, J), decided 16-01-2026. FIR against unknown persons; accused's name surfaced during investigation; no incriminating recovery from conscious possession; not apprehended from place of occurrence; clean antecedent. Bail bond Rs 10,000 with two sureties; conditions of Section 482(2) BNSS imposed; antecedent-verification clause making order lapse on finding other cases. Offence under Sections 310(2) BNS; Konch P.S. Case No. 318 of 2025, District Gaya, Bihar. Counsel: Sunil Kumar Yadav for petitioner; Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP for State.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted: the petitioner, having clean antecedent, to be released on arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within four weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions; the order will automatically lose its force if the District Court finds the petitioner involved in other criminal cases.