Salauddin Ansari Alias MD Salauddin v. the State of Jharkhand
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Anticipatory bail application A.B.A. No.4553 of 2024, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 21.08.2024 by Justice Rajesh Shankar. Petitioner Salauddin Ansari @ Md. Salauddin (advocate Lalit Yadav) versus The State of Jharkhand (APP Pankaj Kumar). Arrest apprehended in Sonaraithari P.S. Case no.36 of 2024 under IPC Sections 504, 506, 353, 467, 468, 406 and 420 — FIR alleging abuse of informant Pramila Lakra, Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Sub Division, Sarath, and issuance of forged and fabricated demand notes to 19 electricity-connection seekers; related Sonaraithari P.S. Case no.31 of 2024 lodged against the connection-seekers; counsel claimed false implication, hearsay basis and no criminal antecedents. Outcome: anticipatory bail allowed — release on Rs.20,000/- bail bond with two sureties of like amount each before the SDJM, Deoghar, upon arrest or surrender within three weeks, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 conditions.