Tuntun Tanti @ Tuntun Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; pre-arrest bail; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.91938 of 2025; Harish Kumar, J.; Tuntun Tanti @ Tuntun Kumar v. The State of Bihar; Matihani P.S. Case No. 120 of 2023; Begusarai; IPC Sections 323, 307, 379, 341, 504, 506, 34; Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita 2023; criminal antecedents not sole ground to reject bail; habitual offender; cogent material; delay in lodging FIR; simple injuries; iron rod assault; bail bonds Rs.10,000; two sureties; close family member bailor; cancellation of bail on witness intimidation.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory (pre-arrest) bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks of receipt/production of the order copy, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate cum A.M, Begusarai in connection with Matihani P.S. Case No. 120 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with further conditions that (i) one bailor shall be an own/close family member of the petitioner, and (ii) the informant/State may file an appropriate application for cancellation of bail bond(s) if the petitioner intimidates/threatens witnesses or the informant.