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2025 DAILYLAW 32596 (JHR)

SHYAM LAL CHAUDHARI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./6178/2025 · 2025-10-29

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2025:JHHC:32483 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6178 of 2025 ---- Juvenile-XX XX XX represented through his legal guardian and father namely Asharfi Choudhary .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Sheo Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Informant :- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Advocate ---- 5/29.10.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioner, learned counsel for the respondent State as well as the learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Meral PS Case No.158 of 2025, for offence registered under section 74, 75, 76, 79, 351(3), 3(5) of BNS, 2023 and section 8 of POSCO Act, pending in court of learned Special Judge, POCSO Act, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against the petitioner and false allegations have been made of outraging the modesty of the minor girls. He then submits in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel as well as the learned counsel for the informant oppose prayer and submit that serious allegations are made against the petitioner of outraging modesty. 5. Looking to the contents of the FIR it transpires that there are allegations against the petitioner of outraging modesty of minor girls. Heinous allegations are made in the FIR, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected and consequently this anticipatory bail application is, hereby, dismissed. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 29.10.2025 SI/