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2025 DAILYLAW 24575 (JHR)

MANJU DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

B.A./8621/2025 · 2025-09-25

Deepak Roshan

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2025:JHHC:29989 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI B.A. No. 8621 of 2025 --------- Manju Devi, aged about 46 years, w/o. Fuldeo Lohra, r/o. village Baruatoli, P.O. + P.S. Herhanj, District Latehar(Jharkhand). ....Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ....Opp. Party --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN --------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate Ms. Apurva, Advocate For the Opp. Party : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, APP --------- 02/25.09.2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties. 2. The instant bail application has been preferred by the petitioner for grant of regular bail for the offences registered under Sections 302/201/34 IPC. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has earlier moved a bail application numbered as B.A. No. 6771 of 2024 which stood dismissed as withdrawn. Learned counsel further submits that on the day of incident petitioner met with an accident and was admitted in hospital as such, she had no clue about the alleged occurrence. Further, three prosecution witnesses have been examined but none of them have supported the prosecution story. No incriminating article has been recovered from his possession and she has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel further submits that co-accused have been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 02.04.2024 in B.A. 1090 of 2024 and order dated 27.08.2024 in B.A. No. 6771 of 2024. He further submits that petitioner is languishing in custody since 11.09.2023; as such, the petitioner may be enlarged on bail. She is ready to abide by every condition imposed by this court. 4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 5. Having regard to the facts of the case and looking to the period of custody as also the fact that co-accused have been granted bail; I am 2025:JHHC:29989 2 inclined to enlarge this petitioner on bail. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge, Latehar in connection with S.T. Case No. 269 of 2023 (Herhanj P.S. Case No. 42 of 2023). 6. It is made clear that the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the learned trial court and if any adverse report will come against this petitioner, learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail of this petitioner. (Deepak Roshan, J.) 25th September, 2025 kunal/-