2025:JHHC:23940 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.4476 of 2025 Manoj Kumar Yadav, age 37 years old, son of Ramprit Yadav, resident of village Sobhanpur Bhatta, P.O. Sahibganj, P.S. Sahibganj Muffsssil, District – Sahibganj. ….. …. Petitioner Versus The state of Jharkhand ..... … Opp. Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Sabyasanchi, Advocate For the State : Ms. Amrita Kumar, A.P.P. ------ 5/18.08.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Petitioner through V.C. and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sahibganj (T) P.S. Case No.226 of 2019, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 341, 342, 504, 506, 307, 225(A), 295(A), 427 & 353 of IPC, Section 3 of Property Damages Act and Section 3 of Bihar Loudspeaker Act, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and it is alleged in the FIR that 300 to 400 persons were assembled at the place of occurrence and general and omnibus allegations are made of scuffling with the police. He has further submitted that there is no criminal antecedent against the petitioner as disclosed in Paragraph -16 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that there are allegations of pelting stones upon the police. 5. Considering that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and 2025:JHHC:23940 2 having no any criminal antecedent as disclosed in the Paragraph-16 of the petition and the allegations are made against 300 to 400 persons, who have assembled at the place of occurrence, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner above named is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sahibganj, in connection with Sahibganj (T) P.S. Case No.226 of 2019, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) R.Kumar