IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5703 of 2025 Prashant Ray, aged about 40 years, son of Bishnu Pado Ray, resident of village-Haranandanpur, P.O. Amba, P.S. Kundahit, District-Jamtara ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Kaushal Kishor Mishra, Advocate For the State : Mr. Satish Kumar Keshri, A.P.P. 02/ 24.09.2025: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kundahit P.S. Case No. 21 of 2025, registered under sections 126(2)/115(2)/117(2)/109/3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that alleged occurrence is dated 25.05.2025 and F.I.R has been registered on 27.06.2025. He further submits that false allegation of assault is made against the petitioner. He submits that petitioner is a student and he has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations of assault are there 5. Looking into contents of F.I.R, it transpires that alleged occurrence is dated 25.05.2025 and F.I.R has been registered on 27.06.2025. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 11 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamtara, in connection with Kundahit P.S. Case No. 21 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.24.09.2025 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-