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2026 DAILYLAW 2315 (JHR)

MOST HORLI DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./6842/2025 · 2026-02-10

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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[ 2026:JHHC:3485] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6842 of 2025 1. Most. Horli Devi, Aged about 72 years, wife of Late Basudev Yadav; 2. Rekha Devi, aged about 24 years, wife of Nageshwar Yadav 3. Mohan Yadav, aged about 51 years, son of Late Ramlal Yadav. All R/o Village Pipradih Jamtara, P.O. & P.S. Dumri, District Giridih. 4. Dhaliya Devi, aged about 49 years, wife of Loknath Yadav, R/o village Sharpur, Galegi, P.O. & P.S. Dumri, District Giridih ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Lukesh Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Vijoy Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 10.02.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dumri P.S. Case No. 110 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2) / 117(2)/ 356/ 356(2)/ 74/ 117(4)/ 351/ 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case due to village politics and further the allegation of assault and molestation is incorrect. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that serious allegation is there against all these petitioners. He next submits that one person has recorded the video of [ 2026:JHHC:3485] -2- the said incident and the said video has been examined by the police and after examination, the narration of the incident is there in para-37 of the case diary. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the allegation of assault is there against the accused persons and even the molestation allegations are there. Further the said incident was made viral by way of video clip and that video clip has been examined by the police and what has been seen by the I.O. in the said video, he has narrated the same in para-37 of the case diary and the said allegation is also tallying with the contents of the FIR. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, their prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-10.02.2026 Amitesh/-