Dismissed¶17
Rupesh Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCA.B.A./2324/2026
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Second anticipatory bail application rejected — no fresh ground entertained; deletion of petitioner's name in another case not accepted as fresh ground; earlier A.B.A. No.6918 of 2025 dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file regular bail; NDPS Act Sections 18(c), 20(b)(2), 25; Barhi P.S. Case No. 231 of 2025 pending before Sessions Judge, Hazaribagh; petitioner Rupesh Kumar s/o Raj Kumar Saw, Barhi, Hazaribag; State counsel Achinto Sen (A.P.P.), petitioner's counsel Sonali Bhattacharjee; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; bench: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.; A.B.A. No. 2324 of 2026.
What did the court decide?
Deletion of the petitioner's name in another case cannot be treated as a fresh ground to entertain the second anticipatory bail application. ¶16