Hardeo Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.90921 of 2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Hardeo Kumar v. The State of Bihar and Lalita Kumari; Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.90921 of 2025 arising out of Dhangai P.S. Case No. 41 of 2022 (District Gaya), decided 26-02-2026 by Justice Sandeep Kumar. Anticipatory bail application allowed because opposite party no. 2 (informant wife) has remarried; petitioner to be released on bail on arrest/surrender within four weeks on a Rs. 10,000 bond with two like sureties, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS conditions.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail if arrested or surrenders before the Court below within four weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS. ¶19