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2025 DAILYLAW 25740 (JHR)

SOBHA DEVI ALIAS SAHODRI DEVI v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./6336/2024 · 2025-05-08

Sri Ananda Sen

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2025:JHHC:13894 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.6336 of 2024 ------ Sobha Devi @ Sahodri Devi, wife of Atwari Mahto, resident of village Bhikhodih, PO Chitardiha, PS Jamua, District Giridih … … Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) :Mr. Gautam Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For the State :Mr. Nawin Kr. Singh, A.P.P. ----- 05/ 08.05.2025 Heard the parties. 2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending his arrest for offences registered under Sections 304(B), 363, 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with Jamua PS Case No. 28 of 2023 pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih. 3. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. The petitioner is the mother-in-law. There is an allegation that the petitioner and the others assaulted the sister of the informant who was married to the son of the petitioner and thereafter she died. 5. After hearing the parties, I find that there is allegation against the petitioner and others that they have assaulted the deceased. From the postmortem report it is clear that there is injury on the face, chest and other parts of the body and the doctor also found hematoma on the brain cavity. 2025:JHHC:13894 2 6. Considering the aforesaid fact, this Court finds it not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 7. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands dismissed. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Tanuj/Cp-3