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2025 DAILYLAW 11142 (JHR)

SHANKAR URAON v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./3456/2025 · 2025-04-30

Anil Kumar Choudhary

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[2025:JHHC:12970] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.3456 of 2025 ------ Shankar Uraon, aged about 25 years, son of Etwa Uraon, resident of Village Chhotki Gorang, Getalshud, P.O. & P.S. Angada, District Ranchi .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... …. Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mrs. Jasvindar Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Ruby Pandey, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 30-04-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection with Tandwa P.S. Case No.230 of 2024 registered under Section 191 (2), 191 (3), 190, 115 (2), 285, 308 (3), 308 (4) of the B.N.S., 2023, Section 27/35 of the Arms Act and Section 17 (i) (ii) of C.L.A. Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner along with co-accused persons were involved in demanding levy from the driver of Hywa and he also threatened to the driver of Hywa who was engaged in dropping coal and when the police reached the place of occurrence, the petitioner and the co-accused persons opened fire upon the police. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. It is next submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and he has been implicated in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused persons. It is further submitted that there is no specific overt act attributed to the petitioner. It is then submitted that the petitioner is an employee of C.C.L. and his designation is EX- CHP Operator, CAT-IV and his place of posting is K.D.H. Project, Area- N.K. Area. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co- operate with the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 30.01.2025 as is evident from para-14 of the instant bail application. Hence it is submitted that the petitioner be released on bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts of this case, the above-named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Chatra in connection with Tandwa P.S. Case No.230 of 2024 with the condition that he will co- operate with the trial of the case and furnish his mobile number and photocopy of the Aadhar Card in the court below with an undertaking that he will not change his mobile number during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Animesh/