Usha Devi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed; Patna High Court; Cr. Misc. Nos. 90528 & 90229 of 2025; order dated 21-04-2026; Justice Anil Kumar Sinha; Feshar PS Case No. 40 of 2025, District Aurangabad; offences under Sections 103(1)/123/3(5) Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (murder, poisoning, common intention); death of Bittu Kumar after alleged forcible administration of poison; defence plea of suicide/humiliation over sale of stolen jewellery; FSL/chemical analysis report awaited; bail bond Rs. 10,000 each with two sureties; surrender/arrest within four weeks; conditions under Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; petitioners Ganesh Chaudhry @ Janesh Chaudhry and Usha Devi; counsel Arvind Kumar Singh (petitioners), Nand Kishore Prasad and Md. Mushtaque Alam (State).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: on arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, release on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VII, Aurangabad, in connection with Feshar Police Station Case No. 40 of 2025, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.