SHEOKUMARI DEVI ALIAS SHEOKUMA DEVI v. STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./4581/2025 · 2025-08-20
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 4581 of 2025
Sheokumari Devi @ Sheokuma Devi, age about 53 years, Wife of Vikram Sao, Resident of village Barsoti. P.O.-Ambakhoreya, P.S.-Dhurkı, District- Garhwa.
..... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand
..... … Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar No. 2, Advocate. For the State
: Mr. Sardhu Mahto, A.P.P. ------
03/ 20.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhurki P.S. Case No. 142 of 2021, registered for the alleged offence under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nagar Untari, Garhwa.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that there is a quarrel between the deceased and one Surendra Sah, who is the son of this petitioner and allegations are made of committing murder. He submits that petitioner is nothing to do and she is only the house wife and the accused Surendra Sah has already been apprehended by the police.
4.
Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the case is under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.
5.
Looking into the FIR, it transpires that there is quarrel between one Surendra Sah and the deceased and subsequently the deceased was found dead and on that basis, the FIR has been registered and further Surendra Sah has already been apprehended and taken into custody and petitioner is the mother of Surendra Sah and she is house wife, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
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Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of her surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty- five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nagar Untari, Garhwa, in connection with Dhurki P.S. Case No. 142 of 2021, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Amitesh/-