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2026 DAILYLAW 13689 (JHR)

TUNTUN MANDAL v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./2770/2026 · 2026-05-26

Rongon Mukhopadhyay

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2026:JHHC:15556 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2770 of 2026 Tuntun Mandal ... Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioner : Mr. P.A.S. Pati, Advocate For the State : A.P.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 26th May, 2026 1. Heard Mr. P.A.S. Pati, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No. 06 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that the daughter of the informant was murdered in her matrimonial house. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations are general an omnibus in nature. It is further being submitted that subsequently the informant had come to realize his mistake and had made an application before the Higher Police Officials that the case has been instituted by way of a mistake of the fact. 5. Learned counsel further submits that the cause of the death, as per the post-mortem report, is asphyxia due to hanging which points to suicide committed by the daughter of the informant. It has also been submitted that the parents-in-law of the deceased have been granted the Anticipatory Bail by Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No. 1930 of 2026. 6. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 7. Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:15556 2 8. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of R. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara in connection with Narayanpur P.S. Case No. 06 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 9. This application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated: 26th May, 2026 Suman/Aditi