Pappu Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted, Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No. 89625 of 2025 (order dt. 06-01-2026), S. B. Pd. Singh, J.; FIR: Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025, West Champaran; offences: BNS Sections 317(5), 318(4), 336(2), 338, 336(3), 347(1); allegations: fraudulent sale of motorcycle posing as lawful owner claiming purchase from Sheikh Fakre Alam, fraud exposed when OTP sought for challan; counsel: Raki Alam for petitioner (innocence; FIR lodged by purchaser's wife; purchase date absent; no documentary evidence of sale; no criminal antecedent per petition para 3), Anil Prasad Singh, APP for State; conditions: surrender within four weeks, bail bond Rs. 10,000/- plus two like sureties, Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bettiah, section 482 BNSS conditions apply.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioner to surrender in the Court below within four weeks of receipt/production of the order; upon arrest or surrender in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025 he is to be enlarged on bail on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, West Champaran, Bettiah, subject to the conditions under section 482 BNSS.