IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 1372 of 2023
Babulal Ganjhu @ Marandijee Appellant
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The State of Jharkhand .....Respondent
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CORAM: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay
r. Justice Deepak Roshan
Hon’ble M
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For the Appellant : Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondents : Mr. S.K.Srivastava, APP
08/30.04.2024 Heard Mr. Rakesh Kumar, learned counsel
appearing for the appellant and Mr. S.K.Srivastava,
learned A.P.P. appearing for the State.
2. This appeal is directed against the order dated
11.07.2023 passed in Misc. Cr. Application No. 544 of
2023 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-III,
Latehar, in connection with Balumath, P.S. Case No. 69
of 2022, arising out of S.T. No. 80 of 2023, whereby and
whereunder the prayer for bail of the appellant has been
rejected.
3. There was an exchange of firing between the police
personnel and the extremists and being outnumbered the
extremists had fled away. So far as the appellant is
concerned he seems to have been implicated only on
account of allegation that while fleeing away the
extremists were calling each other by name. The
appellant is in custody since 08.12.2022.
4. Although Mr. Srivastava learned APP has
submitted that the appellant has got several criminal
antecedents, but regard being had to the manner of
implication and the period of custody, we while setting
aside the order dated order dated 11.07.2023 passed in
Misc. Cr. Application No. 544 of 2023 by the learned
Additional Sessions Judge-III, Latehar, in connection with
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Balumath, P.S. Case No. 69 of 2022, arising out of S.T.
No. 80 of 2023, direct that the appellant be released on
bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten
Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to
the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-III,
Latehar, in connection with Balumath, P.S. Case No. 69
of 2022, arising out of S.T. No. 80 of 2023.
5. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed.
(Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.)
(Deepak Roshan, J.)
Amardeep/
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