LAWS(SC)-2011-9-132

DINBANDHU Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

Decided On September 23, 2011
DINBANDHU Appellant
V/S
STATE OF BIHAR Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Heard counsel for the parties.

(3.) The Appellant, who is an accused in a complaint case under Sections 192, 193, 196, 200, 420, 406, 467, 468and 471 of the Penal Code, was granted anticipatory bail by the High Court by order dated May 06, 2010 in Crl.M.C. No. 12306 of 2010. The bail order was, however, subject to a rather curious condition. The order stipulated that in a partition suit that was pending between the parties, neither the accused nor the informant would use a certain document (a family arrangement-cum-partition deed) as evidence. The relevant portion of the High Court order reads as follows: