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2026 DAILYLAW 16599 (JHR)

BABURAM MURMU v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./3063/2026 · 2026-06-15

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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( 2026:JHHC:17234 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3063 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3063 of 2026 Baburam Murmu, aged 35 years old, son of Jetha Murmu, resident of Manjhi Kola, P.O. & P.S. Sahibganj (M), District- Sahibganj, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Sabyasanchi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kumar Gaunjhu, A.P.P. ----- 04/15.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Borio (J) P.S. Case No.353/2021, registered for the offence under Sections 385, 386, 506 of the IPC, 1860, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that for the same offence, two FIRs have been lodged. He further submits that in the later on FIR being Borio (J) P.S. Case No.355/2021, the petitioner along with other accused have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.4526 of 2025. He next submits that the allegations are made against unknown 25- 30 persons. He also submits that the allegation is also made that the petitioner was protesting and blocked the road because the police have apprehended three persons from his village. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of unlawful assembly. 5. Considering that the agitation was going on due to apprehension of three of the persons from the village and there are general and omnibus ( 2026:JHHC:17234 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3063 of 2026 allegations of protest and blocking the road and in the later on filed case, the petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj in connection with Borio (J) P.S. Case No.353/2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 15th June, 2026 Ajay/