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2026:JHHC:12707 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 1956 of 2026
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1. Asgar Ansari, son of Junawali Miyan
2. Amjad Ansari, son of Makbul Miyan
3. Irfan Ansari @ Urfan Ansari, son of Md. Ali Hussain
4. Sirajuddin Ansari @ Sarajuddin Ansari, son of Sharuddin Ansari
5. Safat Ali Ansari @ Safatali Ansari, son of Kalmuddin Miyan
6. Ammuddin Ansari @ Almuddin Ansari, son of Salim Miyan
7. Tajir Ansari @ Tarju Ansari @ Tajruddin Ansari @ Md. Tajuddin Ansari, son of Jakruddin Ansari All above resident of Village Jarmundi, P.S. Palajori, P.O. Dubrajpur, District Deoghar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand
.... .... .... Opposite Party
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
For the Petitioners : Mr. Sastyanshu Shubham, Advocate
For the State
: Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P.
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02/30.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.
2.
The petitioners are apprehending his arrest in connection Palajori P.S. Case No.112 of 2023 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 147, 149, 323, 448, 425, 427 and 353 of Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Madhupur.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the allegations are made that 22 persons have entered into the house of Jamshed Ansari and started digging the coffin in the house itself and on call by somebody, police has arrived on the spot and thereafter, some altercation took place, however, the body of the wife of Jamshed Ansari has been buried in the cemetery. He further submits that five of the co- accused persons in identical situation have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.351 of 2026.
4.
Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there against 22 persons of forcefully entering into the house of Jamshed Ansari. He further submits that each of the petitioners are having one criminal antecedent except the petitioner no.7.
5.
Looking to the contents of the FIR, it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegations against 22 accused persons and five of
2026:JHHC:12707 the accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by this court and against the petitioners, the allegations are same and further the criminal antecedents cannot be sole criteria for either rejecting or allowing the anticipatory or regular bail.
6.
Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Madhupur, in connection with Palajori P.S. Case No.112 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.)
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