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2025:JHHC:12250
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 2478 of 2025
----- 1.Vibha Devi, W/o Late Jawahar Lal Sahu @ Raj Kumar Sahu 2.Alka Kumari, W/o Durgesh Sahu 3.Sunayna Kumari, D/o Late Jawahar Lal Sahu @ Raj Kumar Sahu 4.Kamlesh Sahu, S/o Late Jawahar Lal Sahu @ Raj Kumar Sahu All are R/o village Kasira, P.O. Patiya, P.S. Patiya, District Gumla, Jharkhand
.... Petitioner(s).
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… Respondent(s)
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CORAM :
SRI ANANDA SEN, J.
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For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Advocate For the Resp-State : Mr. Prabhu Dayal Agrawal, Spl. PP
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04/ 23.04.2025:
Heard, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
2.
This is an application filed by the petitioner praying for grant of anticipatory bail in terms of Sections 482 and 484 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 apprehending his arrest for the offences under Sections 415, 468, 471 & 120-B of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3.
Petitioner No.1 is the mother of the petitioner Nos.2 to 4.
4.
It is the allegation that one Rajkumar Sahu was employed as a home guard. He died on 28.06.2019, thereafter compassionate appointment and ex-gratia amount was paid to the dependents of Rajkumar Sahu i.e. the wife and two daughters of the deceased. Later it was found that the husband of this petitioner was infact Jawahar Lal Sahu and he was working as Rajkumar Sahu by impersonated him. On his death, petitioner No.1 obtained the compassionate appointment. It was later on found that Rajkumar Sahu was actually alive and earlier Jawahar Lal Sahu was paying some money to him.
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5.
Considering the allegation that petitioner No.1 had obtained the job in a fraudulent manner, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner No.1 (Vibha Devi). Accordingly anticipatory bail of petitioner No.1 (Vibha Devi) is rejected.
Petitioner No.1 is directed to surrender before the learned Court who will consider her case, considering that she is a lady.
So far as petitioner Nos. 2 to 4 are concerned, who are the daughter and son of petitioner No.1, there is no allegation that they have been appointed on compassionate basis. Daughters were unmarried and the son is aged about 18 years. In view of the aforesaid
facts, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application of the petitioner Nos. 2 to 4.
6.
Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands Partly Allowed. The petitioner Nos.2 to 4 are 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 their surrender or arrest, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.433 of 2024 subject to the condition that one of the bailers should be a close relative of the petitioners and other should be a resident of State of Jharkhand, having sufficient landed property in their name or in the name of their ancestors in which they are having share and to that effect, they have to file an affidavit before the Trial Court indicating their share in the property.
(ANANDA SEN, J.) R.S./