Kalpana Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: anticipatory bail; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.87002 of 2025; order dated 30-03-2026; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 85, 126(2), 115, 82, 352, 351(2), 3(5); Dowry Prohibition Act Sections 3, 4; dowry demand; cruelty/harassment of wife; husband and mother-in-law as accused; Naugachia Mahila P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025; District Bhagalpur; Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions; bail-bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Naughachia; Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, 2006(3) PLJR 182; ex-parte as opposite party no. 2 absent despite service.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed for both petitioners; upon arrest/surrender within eight weeks, enlargement on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Naughachia, in connection with Mahila (Naughachia) P.S. Case No. 47 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.