( 2026:JHHC:13657 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 7480 of 2025 Arvind Manjhi, aged about 31 years, son of Shayam Sundar Manjhi, resident of Bhorabad, P.O. and P.S. Jarmundi, District-Dumka ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ashish Kr. Thakur, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nawin Kr. Singh, A.P.P. 02/ 07.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jarmundi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025, registered under sections 80(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be husband of the deceased and the deceased hanged herself. He next submits that deceased was being treated for mental problem in the Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that in para 29 of the case diary post mortem report has been recorded wherein doctor found abrasion injury in several parts of body and in view of that anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. 5. Looking into para 29 of the case diary wherein postmortem report has been recorded, the doctor found injuries such as (a) 1” x ½” over left side of face, (b) ½ ” x ½” over middle part of right leg (c) ½” x ( 2026:JHHC:13657 ) ½” over just below right aspect of chain. Prima facie it appears that this it not a simple case of suicide and as such, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. Dt.07.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-