The High Court of Jharkhand dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail. Noting lack of material proving the respondents posted sexually explicit content, the Court held the bail order was not illegal and dismissed the appeal.
The criminal miscellaneous petition was dismissed upholding the order granting anticipatory bail.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No. 1750 of 2023
Baby Kumari, Aged about 36 years, W/O- Pawan Kumar, R/O-Quarter No. 1153, Street No. 05, Sector9/A, P.O- Sector-9, P.S-Harla, District- Bokaro.
...... Petitioner Versus
.….. Opposite Parties
For the Petitioner : Mr. Pratiyush Lala , Adv. Mr. Kislay Prasad , Adv. For the State : Mr. Shailendra Kr. Tiwari, Spl. PP For the O.P. No. 2 to 4 : Mr. Sanjay Kumar , Adv.
P R E S E N T
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
By the Court:- Heard the parties.
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Party no. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that because of the printing error, Opp. Party no. 4 has been described as the son of Jai Kishor Sah but in fact, she is the wife of Jai Kishor Sah. The allegation against the private Opp. Parties is that they have published the materials containing sexually explicit act and conduct of the petitioner. The Opp. Party nos. 2 to 4 filed ABP No. 1754 of 2022 in connection with Harla P.S. case no. 148 of 2022. Learned Additional Sessions Judge, III, Bokaro considered that except the offence punishable under Section 67A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, all other offences involved in this case, are bailable in nature and it considered upon perusal of the case diary, that there is no investigation made by the I.O. of the case at all, regarding verification of the genuineness of the alleged post in the social media and whether at the same has actually been made by the private Opp. Parties of the case. It also considered that there is no material in the case diary to show that the Opp. Party no. 2 of this CrMP, has posted the alleged materials and also considered that there is no specific allegation against the Opp. Party nos. 3 and 4 of this CrMP. Learned Additional Sessions Judge, III, Bokaro also considered that the Opp. Party no. 2 of this Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has lodged Thawe P.S. case no. 180 of 2021 against the petitioner of this CrMP and also against her other relatives and this case, appears to be counterblast of that case and by thus considering, gave the privilege of anticipatory bail to the Opp. Party nos. 2 to 4. The undisputed fact remains that after being granted the anticipatory bail, the Opp. Party no. 2 to 4, have appeared before the trial court and they have been released on bail upon furnishing bail bond.
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bail to the petitioner and there is no justifiable reason to accede to the prayer of the petitioner made in this CrMP in exercise of its power under Section 482 of CrPC.
(Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.)
High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi Dated, the 5th January, 2026 Smita /AFR
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the Additional Sessions Judge committed any illegality in granting anticipatory bail to the respondents.
Whether sufficient material exists to cancel the bail granted to the respondents under Section 439 CrPC.
8 provisions across 3 enactments
Baby Kumari
The State of Jharkhand
Priyanka Kumari
Jai Kishor Sah
Usha Devi
Anil Kumar Choudhary
As recorded by the court registry
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