[2025:JHHC:22189] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3950 of 2025 Afsana Khatoon, aged about 24 years, Daughter of Gola Mian @ Gulam Mian, Resident of Village- Fuljori, P.O. & P.S.-Gandey, Dist.-Giridih. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Kamdeo Pandey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. ------ 06/ 06.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Gandey P.S. Case No. 85 of 2020, registered for the offences under Sections 364, 120-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih. 3. Mr. Kamdeo Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that in the FIR, there is no allegation against the petitioner and only it has been stated that she happened to be the sister- in-law of the deceased. He submits that in the case diary, it has come that the deceased was having some ailment and thereafter she died and at that time, Covid-19 Pandemic was prevalent and she was cremated. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the case diary has already been received. He submits that the case has been registered after one month upon the information provided by this petitioner. 5. Looking into the FIR, it transpires that only the statement is made that the petitioner happened to be the sister-in-law of the deceased and in para-100 of the case diary, it has come that the [2025:JHHC:22189] -2- deceased has died due to ailment and thereafter she was cremated and the role played by this petitioner is not clear from the case diary, I am inclined to provide privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is hereby directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today, and in the event of her surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released 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, Giridih, in connection with Gandey P.S. Case No. 85 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-