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2025 DAILYLAW 16029 (JHR)

BASANTI DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./4548/2025 · 2025-08-20

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2025:JHHC:24423 --1-- A.B.A. No. 4548 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4548 of 2025 ---- 1. Basanti Devi, aged about 38 years, w/o Late Shiv Kumar Yadav 2. Sugiya Devi, aged about 73 years, wife of Surjit Yadav 3. Sriram Kumar, aged about 27 years, son of Hulash Yadav All are residents of village – Amin, PO and PS – Hunterganj, District - Chatra .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Amit Kr. Choubey, Advocate For the State :- Ms. Shweta Singh, Advocate ---- 06/20.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No.142 of 2023, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 325, 307, 354, 379, 341, 342, 427, 448, 504, 506 and 120B of Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are ladies and petitioner No.3 is male member and petitioner No.2 is aged about 73 years. He submits that there is general and omnibus allegation of assault and one of the co-accused, who is also lady has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.882 of 2024. He further submits that there are case and 2025:JHHC:24423 --2-- A.B.A. No. 4548 of 2025 counter case between the parties and the petitioners’ sides have firstly lodged the FIR. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there against the petitioners. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR it transpires that the allegation of assault is there against one Jayram Yadav and the petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are ladies and petitioner No.3 is male member and one co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.882 of 2024, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Chatra in connection with Hunterganj P.S. Case No.142 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Sangam/