DHKESHWAR MUNDA ALIAS DHAKESHWAR MUNDA ALIAS LAL BABU SINGH MUNDA v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
B.A./4412/2025 · 2025-06-03
Deepak Roshan
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.4412 of 2025 ----- Dhkeshwar Munda @ Dhakeshwar Munda @ Lal Babu Singh Munda, son of Sambhunath Munda, R/o village Heat Kanchi, P.O. & P.S. Bundu, District Ranchi. … … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party -----
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN ----- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, A.P.P. -----
03/ Dated : 03.06.2025
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
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This bail application under Section 483 & 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed to enlarge the petitioner on regular bail for offence under Section 18(C) of the NDPS Act.
3.
Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that co-accused namely Laxman Singh Munda, has already been enlarged on bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.05.2025 in B.A. No.3520 of 2025 and the case of this petitioner is not distinguishable from that of the co-accused. He submits that the petitioner is languishing in jail since 17.02.2025. As such, he may be enlarged on bail.
4.
Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail.
5.
Having regard to the facts of the case and looking to the allegation made against this petitioner, so also the fact that co- accused has already been enlarged on bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, I am inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the present Bail Application is allowed. The petitioner,
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named above, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge (NDPS), Ranchi, in connection with Bundu P.S. Case No.15 of 2025(N).
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It is made clear that till commencement of trial, the petitioner shall report to the local Police Station every month and after commencement of trial, he shall appear on each and every date before the learned Trial Court and he shall not threaten any witness and shall co-operate in trial and if any adverse report will come against this petitioner, learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of this petitioner.
(Deepak Roshan, J.)
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