Purushotam Verma Alias Prushottam Verma Vs the State of… — Anticipatory Bail | Jharkhand HC (2025)

Purushotam Verma Alias Prushottam Verma Vs the State of… — Anticipatory Bail | Jharkhand HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Anticipatory bail granted: petitioners to surrender within three weeks; on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar, in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 215/2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, apprehending arrest in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 215/2025 (offences under sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023), are entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail.

Court's answer

The court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail because there is a case and counter case between the parties, the petitioners have no criminal antecedent (disclosed in para 11 of the petition), and no significant abnormality was found.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks, and in the event of surrender/arrest they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory Bail — High Court of Jharkhand (Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi) allows A.B.A. No. 6809 of 2025 filed by four petitioners apprehending arrest in Jasidih P.S. Case No. 215/2025 (ss. 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) BNS, 2023) pending before the ACJM, Deoghar. Grant rests on the court's findings that there is a case and counter case between the parties, the petitioners have no criminal antecedent (disclosed in para 11 of the petition), and no significant abnormality was found; counsel had also urged that the allegations were general and omnibus and stemmed from a land dispute. Petitioners directed to surrender within three weeks; on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under S. 482(2) B.N.S.S, 2023.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

A. B. A. No. 6809 of 2025

Purushotam Verma @ Prushottam Verma aged about 33 years, son of Ramdev Verma @ Ramdeo Verma

Narottam Prasad Verma @ Narottam Pd. Verma aged about 38 years, son of Ramdev Verma @ Ramdeo Verma

Munna Verma, aged about 28 years, son of Ramdev Verma @ Ramdeo Verma

Ramdeo Verma @ Ramdeo Mahto aged about 69 years, son of late Bhukhan Mahto

Above S. No. 1 to 4 resident of village Simra, P.O. and P.S. Jasidih, District-Deoghar, Jharkhand

...... … Petitioners

Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party

-------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Lalit Yadav, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Rahul Ranjan, Advocate

04/ 04.12.2025 : Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 215/2025, registered under sections 126 (2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there is case and counter case between the parties and altercation took place due to land dispute. He further submits that allegation is general and omnibus against all the accuse persons and petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.

Learned counsels for the State and informant oppose the prayer and submits that allegation of assault is there.

Considering that there is case and counter case between the

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parties, petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition and no significant abnormality was found, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/(twenty five thousand)each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar, in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 215/2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.

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