Hemlata Verma v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.90650 of 2025, decided 01-04-2026 by Anil Kumar Sinha, J. Anticipatory bail application allowed for two petitioners in Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 92 of 2025 (Gaya), dt. 03.03.2025, under Sections 351(2)/351(3)/85/3(5) BNS 2023 and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act (dowry demand, cruelty, attempt to kill). Grounds: general and omnibus allegations against petitioners; husband already granted anticipatory bail by co-ordinate Bench (order dt. 28.01.2026 in Criminal Misc. No. 91011 of 2025). Relief: release on bail within four weeks on Rs. 10,000/- bond each with two like sureties, before ACJM-V, Gaya, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS 2023 conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: upon arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, release on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, Gaya, in connection with Civil Lines Police Station Case No. 92 of 2025, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.