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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 4147 of 2025
Kiyamat Shaikh, aged about 19 years, son of Numan @ Nur Nabi Shaikh, resident of Village- Rahaspur, P.O. Rahaspur, P.S. Pakur (M), District- Pakur (Jharkhand)
… Petitioner
-Versus- The State of Jharkhand
… Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
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For the Petitioner : Mrs. Nitu Sinha, Advocate For the State
: Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P.
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03/25.09.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pakur (M) P.S. Case No.158 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 49, 191(2), 191(3), 190, 195(1), 192, 196(2), 292, 293, 298, 109, 299, 115(2), 117(2), 121(1), 121(2), 132, 303(2), 324(1), 324(2), 324(5) and 352 of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pakur.
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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that although the petitioner is named in the FIR, however, FIR is registered against 40 known and 300 unknown persons. She further submits that the allegations are made of indulging in vandalism and instigating the others and pursuant to that, scuffle took place between two community. She then submits that the petitioner is not the villager of that village where the alleged occurrence is said to be occurred. She next submits that the petitioner is aged about 19 years and he has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 8 of this application.
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Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that at paragraph 12 of the case diary, it has come that one person
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has taken the video of a girl and it was made viral and pursuant to that, the said occurrence took place.
5. Considering that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and there are general and omnibus allegations against 40 known and 300 unknown persons and it has been pointed out that even the petitioner is not the resident of that village where the occurrence took place and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pakur in connection with Pakur (M) P.S. Case No.158 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,
2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 25th September, 2025 Ajay/