Basu Kumar Tambrakar Alias Basu Tamrakar v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
A.B.A. No. 9126 of 2023, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., decided 04.03.2024): anticipatory bail sought by Basu Kumar Tambrakar @ Basu Tamrakar @ Basu Kumar Tamrakar in Kenduadih P.S. Case No.95 of 2022 under Section 448/354(B) IPC, pending before the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. Rejected on the grounds of direct allegation of outraging the modesty of the informant, naming in the FIR, and witness support recorded in the case diary; application dismissed.
What did the court decide?
There is direct allegation against the petitioner of outraging the modesty of the informant; the petitioner is named in the FIR; and the learned Sessions Judge has noted that the witnesses have supported the case (case diary paras 3, 7 and 8). ¶13