Babloo Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed to two relatives (brother-in-law and sister-in-law) of a deceased woman in a dowry-related death FIR - Hulashganj P.S. Case No. 254 of 2024, District Jehanabad - under Sections 80(2), 238(a) & 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023. Court found the Rs. 50,000/- dowry demand specific against husband Sunny Kumar and the petitioners implicated prima facie only as relatives, living separately with clean antecedents; reference to earlier anticipatory bail to mother-in-law Sanju Devi (Cr. Misc. No. 32842 of 2025, dt. 13.01.2026). Relief: enlargement on bail on Rs.10,000/- bond each with two like sureties before CJM Jehanabad, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C and Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions, arrest/surrender within four weeks. Decision dated 13-02-2026.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: upon arrest/surrender within four weeks of the order, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad/concerned court in connection with Hulashganj P.S. Case No. 254 of 2024, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) BNSS.