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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 166 of 2025
1. Md. Manan Alam aged about 40 years son of Abdul Hakim
Resident of village Datmi PO Baluri, police station-Hunterganj District - Chatra
2. Md. Saddam @ Saddam Hussain aged about 25 years,Son of Abdul Hakim
Resident of village Uphara, P.O. and police station Uphara
District Aurangabad (Bihar)
3. Md. Faruk Ali aged about 40 years, Son of Md. Shaukat Ali
Resident of village Datmi, P.O. Baluri, Police station-Hunterganj, District - Chatra
4. Abdul Hakim aged about 82 years son of Reyasat Khalifa, Resident of village Uphara,,P.o. and police station Uphara, District-Aurangabad (Bihar)
5. Md. Sagir @ Shakil Ahmad @ S.K. Shakeel aged about 55 years Son of Abdul Hanan @ Abdul Hanan Shaikh, Resident of village Datam, Nawadih, P.O. and police station Hunterganj, District - Chatra
At present residing at Building No. 7/A, Room No. 103, Patliputra Nagar New Link Road Oshiwara Opposite Mega Mall Jogeshwari, P.O. and police station Jogeshwari, District-west Mumbai, State - Maharastra ...... … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners
:Mr. Abhay Kr. Chaturvedy, Advocate For the State : Mr. Arup Kr. Dey, A.P.P. For the Complainant : Mr. Ankur Anand, Advocate
04/ 16.01.2026: The matter relates to Complaint Case No. 115 of 2018, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Chatra.
2.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.4- namely, Abdul Hakim has left of his heavenly abode.
3. In view of such submission anticipatory bail application on behalf of the petitioner no.4 is dismissed as infructuous. Now this anticipatory bail application is surviving only on behalf of petitioner nos. 1 to 3 and 5.
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4. The case is arising out of complaint case and in view of that the petitioners are directed to move before the learned court on the strength of
judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr. reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51 and the learned court will pass order in the light of observations made in the aforesaid judgment.
5.
Learned counsel for the State has got no serious objection.
6.
Learned counsel for the complainant opposes the prayer of anticipatory bail.
7.
Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is disposed of with the above observations.
Dt.16.01.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-