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2026:JHHC:15659 1
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 2801 of 2026
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1. Panchu Pasi, S/o Late Navi Pasi.
2. Pramod Pasi, S/o Panchu Pasi.
3. Ramu Pasi, S/o Panchu Pasi.
4. Arvind Pasi, S/o Panchu Pasi.
5. Ajit Pasi, S/o Rohan Pasi. All residents of Village Chihutiya, PO & PS-Saraiyahat, Dist-Dumka, Jharkhand.
6. Ramesh Kumar Mahtha alias Jhakshu Mahtha @ Jagsu Pasi, S/o Late Lalit Matha, Resident of Village Prabaldihi, PO-Hariharpur, PS-Sonaraithadi, Dist-Deoghar.
… … Petitioner(s)
Versus The State of Jharkhand
… … Opposite Party(s)
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CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY
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For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pratik Sen, Advocate
For the Opposite Party(s) : P.P.
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2/29.05.2026 Heard Mr. Pratik Sen, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned P.P. for the State.
2.
The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No.176/2025.
3.
It has been alleged that a wall which was built by Kala Chand Rai was demolished by a mob which included the petitioners as well and when the police intervened, stones were pelted, as a result of which, one of the police personnel had suffered injuries.
4.
Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the allegation against the petitioners is general and omnibus in nature.
5.
It has been submitted that considering the said fact, the females who were also made accused have been granted bail by the learned Court below vide the impugned order dated
29.04.2026.
6.
Learned P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
7.
Regard being had to the generality of allegation levelled against the petitioners, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
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8.
Accordingly, the petitioners above named are directed to surrender in the trial court within four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No.176/2025, 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) 29th May, 2026. S.K.D/-
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