Pintu Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand HC, Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 310 of 2026, decided 15.04.2026 by Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ.; appeal against Sessions Judge Sahibganj order dated 07.01.2026 in ABP No. 569 of 2025 rejecting anticipatory bail; underlying case Sahibganj (T) P.S. Case No. 74/2025; appellants' role limited to introducing Shahabaj Alam to Pankaj Kumar Mandal; co-accused parity argument did not sway the bench; appeal dismissed, anticipatory bail refused.
What did the court decide?
Taking into account that other co-accused have been granted regular bail, that the present appellants prayed for anticipatory bail, and the circumstance indicating that the appellants introduced Shahabaj Alam to Pankaj Kumar Mandal, the Court was not inclined to interfere with the impugned order dated 07.01.2026 passed in ABP No. 569/2025 by the learned Sessions Judge, Sahibganj.