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2025 DAILYLAW 18844 (JHR)

SHIVDHAN MARANDI ALIAS KALU MARANDI v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./6102/2025 · 2025-07-21

Anil Kumar Choudhary

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[2025:JHHC:19957] IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No.6102 of 2025 ------ Shivdhan Marandi @ Kalu Marandi, aged about- 32 years, Son of Pradhan Marandi, Resident of Village- Bagghapara, P.O. & P.S. Amrapara, District- Pakur. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Gautam Kumar, Advocate For the State : Ms. Amrita Kumari, Addl.P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 21-07-2025 Heard the parties. The petitioner has been made accused in connection Amrapara P.S. Case No.55 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Section 395/412 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner along with the co-accused persons, has committed dacoity in the house of the informant and looted valuables. It is submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is false. Drawing attention of this Court towards para-11 of the instant bail application, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. It is next submitted that the petitioner has been implicated in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused Binod Baskey. It is also submitted that the co-accused, with similar allegations, has already been admitted to bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 13.09.2024 passed in B.A. No.7361 of 2024. It is further submitted that charge-sheet has already been submitted in this case. It is next submitted that the petitioner has not been put on Test Identification Parade. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will co- operate with the trial of the case and will not annoy or disturb the informant or witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has been in custody since 14.05.2025 as is evident from para-01 of the instant bail application but erroneously it has been mentioned in the rejection order of the bail petition of the petitioner passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I, Pakur that the petitioner has been in custody since 14.05.2025. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur in connection with Amrapara P.S. Case No.55 of 2022 with the condition that he will co- operate with the trial of the case, 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 and will not annoy or disturb the informant or witnesses of the case in any manner during the trial of the case. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Animesh/