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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5202 of 2026
1. Saif Ali @ Suddu Shekh, aged about 24 years, son of Samsher Shekh, resident of village Sarath, P.O. Sarath, P.S. Sarath, District- Deoghar, Jharkhand
2. Md. Amir @ Amir Babu, aged about 26 years, son of Rashid Shekh, resident of village-Bara Sanghara, P.o. Pathrol, P.S. Pathrol, District- Deoghar, Jharkhand, ...... … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners
:Mr. Shiv Prasad, Advocate
: Mr. Sushil Kumar Verma, Advocate
: Mr. Arvind Prakash Malakar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, Advocate
02/ 18.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pathrol P.S. Case No.92 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Section 309(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (S.D.J.M), Madhupur, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the name of the petitioners has come on confessional statement. He further submits that it is unbelievable that in day time from the pocket of the informant Rs.12,000/- has been snatched. He then submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.14 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3057 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioners has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioners has come on
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confessional statement and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.14 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 3057 of 2026, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6.
Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand)each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (S.D.J.M), Madhupur, Deoghar in connection with Pathrol P.S. Case No.92 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Dt.18.09.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-