IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

Cr.M.P. No. 3657 of 2025

Ramai Melgandi @ Ramai Hoe @ Ramay Ho, aged about 39 years, S/o Nandu Hoe @ Nandu Ho, Resident of Village –Nandup, P.O. Sundarnagar, P.S. –Sundarnagar, Town –Jamshedpur, District –East

Singhbhum (Jharkhand).

.... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Jharkhand …. Opp. Party

P R E S E N T

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY

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For the Petitioner : Mr. Awnish Shankar, Advocate

For the State : Mr. Manoj Kr. Mishra, Addl. P.P.

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By the Court:-

1. Heard the parties.

2. This criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed invoking the

jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the prayer to quash the order dated 18.10.2025, passed by the learned Special Judge, Exclusive (POCSO) Court, Jamshedpur in Misc. Criminal Appeal No. 1629 of 2025 arising out of Special POCSO Case No. 50 of 2022 corresponding to Sundernagar P.S. Case No. 20 of 2022 whereby and where under the learned Special Judge rejected the petition dated 02.08.2025 filed by the petitioner for appointment of the handwriting expert for its opinion as to the genuineness of the signature of the prosecutrix made on the F.I.R. whi