The High Court of Jharkhand allowed four criminal appeals filed by appellants (Pradeep Manjhi, Raju Khan, Pintu Kumar Sah, and Ashok Singh) against state charges. The order pronounces a final decision without detailing the underlying facts or grounds of the appeals.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI (Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction)
Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1116 of 2018 with Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1077 of 2018 with Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1395 of 2018 with Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 574 of 2019
In Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1116 of 2018:
Pradeep Manjhi @ Yadav, son of Laddu Manjhi, resident of Village Picchidahawa, PO & PS Shrawan, District Deoghar .… ….. Appellant
In Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1077 of 2018:
Raju Khan @ Firoz Khan, son of Ahmad Ali @ Ahmad Ansari, resident of Village Mohanpur, Malakhdhara, PO & PS Mahagama, District Godda, Jharkhand .… ….. Appellant
In Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1395 of 2018:
Pintu Kumar Sah, son of Suresh Prasad, resident of Dangalpara, PO & PS Dumka (T), District Dumka .… ….. Appellant
In Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 574 of 2019:
Ashok Singh, son of Late Ramnawal Singh, resident of Village Fatehpur, PO & PS Sampatyak, District Patna (Bihar) .… ….. Appellant
Versus
The State of Jharkhand … .... Respondent [In all cases]
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RATNAKER BHENGRA
| For the Appellant(s) | : Mr. A.K. Kashyap, Sr. Advocate [In Cr. A. (DB) No. 1116 of 2018] Mr. Madan Prasad, Advocate |
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| [In Cr. A. (DB) No. 1077 of 2018] | |
| Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha No.4, Advocate | |
| [In Cr. A. (DB) No. 1395 of 2018] Mr. Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate |
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| [In Cr. A. (DB) No. 574 of 2019] | |
| For the State | : Mrs. Priya Shreshtha, Spl.PP [In all cases] -------- |
/Dated: 11th April 2022
Judgment is pronounced in the open Court.
Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1116 of 2018, Criminal Appeal (DB)
2 Criminal Appeal (DB) No.1116 of 2018 & analogous cases
No. 1077 of 2018, Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1395 of 2018 and Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 574 of 2019 are allowed.
The signed judgment shall be kept in the original files.
(Shree Chandrashekhar, J.)
(Ratnaker Bhengra, J.)
Tanuj/
Pradeep Manjhi @ Yadav
Raju Khan @ Firoz Khan
Pintu Kumar Sah
Ashok Singh
The State of Jharkhand
Shree Chandrashekhar
Ratnaker Bhengra
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
