Jharkhand High Court
Cr.A(SJ)/1078/2025 of RAM AVTAR LAL GUPTA Vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND on 10 September 2026
HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (S.J) No.1078 of 2025 --------- 1. Ram Avtar Lal Gupta, S/o Late Bhushan Sahu, Age – about 75 years, 2. Kali Shankar Gupta S/o Ram Avtar Lal Gupta, Age – about 38 years, 3. Mohan Kumar @ Mohan Kumar Prajapati S/o Kishori Prajapati, Age
2026:JHHC:27271
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Cr. Appeal (S.J) No.1078 of 2025
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1. Ram Avtar Lal Gupta, S/o Late Bhushan Sahu, Age – about 75 years,
2. Kali Shankar Gupta S/o Ram Avtar Lal Gupta, Age – about 38 years,
3. Mohan Kumar @ Mohan Kumar Prajapati S/o Kishori Prajapati, Age – about 30 years,
4. Biju Baraik @ Vijay Chaurasiya S/o Ayodhya Chaurasiya, Age – 50 years, All R/o Village – Ormanjhi, P.O + P.S. - Ormanjhi, District – Ranchi, Jharkhand. ….. Appellants Versus
1. State of Jharkhand.
2. Mangra Nayak S/o Late Ludu Nayak, R/o Gagari, P.S. - Ormanjhi, Post – Ormanjhi, District – Ranchi, Jharkhand. ..... Respondents --------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR
--------- For the Appellants : Mr. Samavesh Bhanj Deo, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, A.P.P
--------- Order No.10/ Dated: 10
th September, 2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned counsel for the State.
2. The present criminal appeal has been filed against the order dated 24.11.2025, passed by the court of learned A.J.C.– II -cum- Special Judge, SC/ ST, Ranchi, in A.B.P. No.2200 of 2025, whereby the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the appellants has been rejected in connection with SC-ST Case No.92 of 2018, registered for the offence under Section 3(1)
(r) of the SC/ST (POA) Act. Subsequently, I.A. No.7933 of 2026 has been filed by the learned counsel for the appellants pointing out that the complainant/ respondent No.02 has died before issuance of non-bailable warrant of arrest and the appellants want to participate in the proceeding pending before the trial court.
3. In that view of the matter, the orders dated 28.06.2024 and 06.07.2026, passed by the court of learned Special Judge SC/ ST, Ranchi, in SC-ST Case No.92 of 2018, whereby non-
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2026:JHHC:27271 bailable/ bailable warrant of arrest have been issued against the appellants, is, hereby, kept in abeyance for further four weeks.
4. The appellants are permitted to participate in the pending proceedings in the court below and point out the defects, if any. The concerned court is directed to decided the issue, raised by the appellants, in accordance with law.
5. With above direction, the present criminal appeal is, hereby, disposed of.
6. Pending interlocutory applications being I.A. Nos.7933 of 2026, 10299 of 2026 & 11312 of 2026 stand disposed of.
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