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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 5502 of 2025
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1. XXXX
2. XXXX
3. XXXX
4. XXXX
.... Petitioners -- Versus --
The State of Jharkhand
.... Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
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For the Petitioners :- Mr. A. Allam, Sr. Advocate
:- Ms. Sushmita Kumari, Advocate
:- Mr. Faisal Allam, Advocate
For the State
:- Mr. Saket Kumar, Advocate
---- 06/20.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No.144 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 88, 352, 351(2), 303(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur.
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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the informant and petitioners are close relatives and they belong to one family. He further submits that petitioner No.4 is own uncle of the informant, petitioner No.3 is own nephew of the informant, petitioner No.2 is first cousin of the informant and petitioner No.1 is first cousin brother-in-law of the informant. He then submits that
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the informant’s family has taken certain amount on loan and she was not able to return the said amount and she offered to transfer certain land and for that the petitioners have gone to the Registry office and there she has created the scene by way of saying that khatiyan has lost as it was an old document and the allegations are made that in the Registry office assault was made and the miscarriage has been done. He next submits that the alleged occurrence is said to be dated 22.04.2025 wherein the FIR has been lodged on 13.05.2025. He also draws the attention of the Court to the doctor’s opinion dated 03.06.2025 and submits that doctor has said that because featus no sign of trauma found externally on body of user report. He also submits that ultrasound was done and in that report it is also said hydrops foetalis is found which is one type of deficiency. He submits that in the case diary only close relatives brother and mother have been examined.
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Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the brother and mother have been examined in paragraph Nos.8 and 9 and victim at paragraph No.7 of the case diary and they have supported the case.
5. Looking into the contents of the FIR it transpires that the said assault is alleged to be made in the Registry office and in the case diary no independent witnesses have been examined only mother and brother have been examined and the alleged occurrence is said to be dated 22.04.2025 wherein the FIR has been
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lodged on 13.05.2025 and the medical report is also not supporting the allegation of assault. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby
directed to surrender before the learned Court within four weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No.144 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 20.12.2025 Sangam/