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2025 DAILYLAW 20445 (JHR)

PABITRA PAUL v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./5764/2025 · 2025-09-26

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

Original Suitbody2025

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2025:JHHC:30475 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5764 of 2025 1. Pabitra Paul aged about 28 years, Son of Ashish Pal @ Paul, 2. Jyotshna Pal @ Paul, aged about 48 years, wife of Ashish Pal @ Paul Both resident of Village- Winala, P.O. and P.S.- Baharagora, District- East Singhbhum (Jamshedpur) … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Rohit Agarwal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ----- 02/26.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Baharagora P.S. Case No. 26 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 89/85/356/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ghatsila. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no. 1 is the husband and petitioner no. 2 is the mother-in-law. Petitioner no. 1 has filed the original suit against his wife under Section 09 of the Hindu Marriage, Act 1955 for restoration of the conjugal right. He also submits that there is a false allegation of demand of dowry. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of demand of dowry. 5. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner are directed to surrender before the 2025:JHHC:30475 2 learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ghatsila in connection with Baharagora P.S. Case No. 26 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 26th September, 2025 Simran/