JAGDEO MAHTO Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioners are accused in the case registered under Sections 414, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 33 of the Indian Forest Act, Section 30(ii) of Coal Mines Act and Section 4(1A) of the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act.

(2.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the case on the basis of the statement of coaccused Prem Nath Mahto, who was intercepted by the police; nothing incriminating has been recovered from the petitioners' possession; there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioners; they are in custody since December, 2010; they are local villagers; there is no chance of their absconding.