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2026 DAILYLAW 3057 (JHR)

CHANDAN KUMAR VERMA v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./1424/2026 · 2026-04-08

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2026:JHHC:10054 --1-- A.B.A. No. 1424 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1424 of 2026 ---- Chandan Kumar Verma, aged about 28 years, son of Rajendra Kumar, resident of behind Shiv Temple, near Railway Station, Kandra Lahakothi, Ward No.2, Kanki, PO and PS – Kandra, District – Seraikella Kharsawan, Jharkhand, 832402 .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Afaque Rashidi, Advocate For the State :- Mrs. Bandana Sinha, Advocate ---- 02/08.04.2026 The matter relates to Gamharia P.S. Case No.86 of 2025 pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has earlier moved before this Court in ABA No.84 of 2026 which was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 13.01.2026 with liberty to file regular bail application. He further submits that, however, in the order sheet the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil Versus Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr., reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51 is missing. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the said judgment is rightly not reflected in the withdrawal order as in light of Section 317(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 the punishment is of life imprisonment. 4. In view of the above, it transpires that this petition is misconceived one as in absence of any fresh ground second 2026:JHHC:10054 --2-- A.B.A. No. 1424 of 2026 anticipatory bail application has been filed. In the withdrawal order, it has already been disclosed that regular bail filed by the petitioner shall be decided by the learned Court in accordance with law without prejudice to that order and in spite of that second anticipatory bail application has been filed in absence of any fresh ground, as such this anticipatory bail application is dismissed. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 08.04.2026 Sangam/