2025:JHHC:17534 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.282 of 2025 ------ Guddi Devi @ Gudiya Devi, wife of Shailesh Kumar @ Shailesh Kumar Singh @ Shailesh Singh, resident of vill-Thawai, PO Lodam, PS Itkhori, District Chatra … … Petitioner(s) Versus 1.The State of Jharkhand. 2.Ram Khalawan Singh, S/o late Bajrang Singh, R/o Thawai, PO Malakpur, PS Itkhori, District Chatra … … Opposite Party(s) ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. A. K. Chaturvedy, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ----- 05/ 02.07.2025 Heard the parties. 2. This anticipatory bail application under Sections 482 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner apprehending her arrest for offences registered under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail. 4. This case was earlier registered as UD Case No. 8 of 2020 on the occasion of death of one Chunchun Singh thereafter the police investigated the case and submitted Final Form. Thereafter protest petition was filed after examination of the witnesses. The court took cognizance under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. 5. On the ground that since cognizance has been taken and two of the co-accused namely, Jaswant Singh and Kiran Devi whose case is similar to that of the petitioner have been granted anticipatory bail by the coordinate Bench of this Court in ABA. No. 1018 of 2024 dated 30.04.2024 by the reasoned order, further since in this case cognizance has been taken, there is no scope of any further investigation, this Court finds it a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2025:JHHC:17534 2 6. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands allowed. The petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned court below within four weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and on the event of her surrender or arrest, she shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Complaint cum Protest Case No.158 of 2023, subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioner and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in his/her name or in the name of his/her ancestors in which he/she is having share and to that effect, he/she has to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating his/her share in the property. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Tanuj/Cp-3