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2026 DAILYLAW 6260 (JHR)

RAJU NATH v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./1572/2026 · 2026-04-13

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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[2026:JHHC:10572] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1572 of 2026 1. Raju Nath, aged about 36 years, S/O- Sunil Nath, R/O- H. No. 54, Zone No. 6, Birsanagar, P.O. & P.S.- Birsanagar, Town Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. 2. Rakesh Nath, aged about 34 years, S/O- Sunil Nath, R/O- H. No. 54, Zone No. 6, Birsanagar, P.O. & P.S.- Birsanagar, Town Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. 3. Dulal Singh, aged about 33 years, S/O- Dhan Singh, R/O- H. No. 55, Zone No. 6, Near Kali Mandir, Birsanagar, Chotta Gobindpur, Telco, Birsanagar Town Jamshedpur, P.O. and P.S. Birsanagar, Distrct- East Singhbhum, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Ms. Komal S. Narayan, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 13.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Birsanagar P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 191(2), 126(2), 115(2), 324(5), 333, 74, 329(4) and 308(3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioners has come in course of investigation only on the basis of suspicion. She next submits that allegations are made of destroying the CCTV camera. [2026:JHHC:10572] -2- She also submits that six of the co-accused have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 7474 of 2025 by this court. She also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-24 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of destroying the CCTV camera. 5. Considering that the petitioners are not named in the FIR and only on the basis of suspicion and in course of investigation, the name of petitioners have come and further six of the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.A. and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-24 of the petition and further there is no mention of any independent witness in the seizure list, in that view of the matter, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-13.04.2026 Amitesh/-