MD Zakir v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi — A.B.A. No. 1913 of 2023, decided 12.06.2025 by Ananda Sen, J. (neutral citation 2025:JHHC:15321). Anticipatory bail application under Sections 438 and 440 Cr.P.C. arising from Ormanjhi P.S. Case No. 125 of 2022 (Sections 341, 323, 324, 354, 380, 313, 34 IPC, pending before CJM, Ranchi). Allowed — no medical evidence of rape or assault; parties closely related with a property dispute; false implication cannot be ruled out. Conditions: surrender within three weeks; bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two like-amount sureties; one surety a close relative, the other a Jharkhand resident holding sufficient landed property with affidavit of share. No precedents cited or discussed.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to surrender before the court below within three weeks and, upon surrender/arrest, to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Ormanjhi PS Case No. 125 of 2022, subject to conditions that one surety be a close relative and the other a resident of Jharkhand with sufficient landed property, supported by an affidavit of share in the property.