Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.
2025:JHHC:16866 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.7984 of 2024 ------
1. Thupa Singh
2. Raju Oraon
3. Sukhdev Bhuiyan
4. Amrita Devi
5. Manti Devi @ Malti Devi
6. Aminta Oraon @ Aminta Devi … … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand. … … Opposite Party ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Shiv Prasad Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Anup Pawan Topno, A.P.P. ----- 05/ 25.06.2025
Heard the parties.
2. This anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, has been preferred by the petitioners apprehending their arrest in connection with Garu P.S. Case No.27 of 2024, for offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 303(2), 352, 351(2), 132, 76 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The case is presently pending before the Court of learned A.C.J.M., Latehar.
3. Learned A.P.P. representing the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
4. There is an allegation that these petitioners and others objected the Forest officials from performing their duties and assaulted them.
5. Considering the nature of allegation, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to these petitioners.
6. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands dismissed.
2025:JHHC:16866
7. The petitioners are directed to appear before the Court concerned. On their appearance, the concerned Court will consider the age of the petitioners, their status and individual overt act of each of the petitioner and thereafter pass appropriate order without being prejudiced by the order of dismissal of this Court.
8. Interlocutory Application being I.A. No.6405 of 2025 for early hearing also stands dismissed, as this case has been taken up and decided today.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant. Cp-3