ANITA DEVI @ SUNITA DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
B.A./11241/2025 · 2026-01-14
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI
---- B.A. No. 11241 of 2025
---- Anita Devi @ Sunita Devi, aged about 43 years, wife of Raju Ram @ Dhruv Ji, resident of village Hotai, P.O. Aasehar, P.S. Panki, District-Palamau, Jharkhand
….. Petitioner -- Versus --
The State of Jharkhand …... Opposite Party
---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
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For the Petitioner :- Mr. Mukesh Kumar Mehta, Advocate
For the State : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P
03/14.01.2026 :- Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
2. The petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024, registered under sections 386, 387, 414, read with section 34 of the I.P.C, Sections 25(1-B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act and section 17 of the CLA Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau.
3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation has been made against the petitioner of handing over the collected money by mode of levy and that statement has been made by one Raju Sao @ Raju Kr. Sao who has been granted regular bail in B.A. No. 4677 of 2024 by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court and other co-accused persons have been granted regular bail in B.A. No. 6770/2024 and B.A. No. 8026/2024. He next submits that the petitioner is lady and she in custody since 12.09.2025.
4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that petitioner happens to be wife of commander of banned
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5. Considering that co-accused persons have been granted regular bail in in the aforesaid B.As and the petitioner is lady and she in custody since 12.09.2025, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on regular bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau, in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024.
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dt. 14.01.2026 Satyarthi/