IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7779 of 2024 ------ 1. Hasib Ansari @ Haseeb Ansari 2. Muslim Ansari 3. Rafique Ansari @ Rafik Ansari … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Faruque Ansari, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Amrita Kumari, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No.04 Dated- 03.01.2025 Heard the parties. Apprehending their arrest, the petitioners have moved this Court for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No.60 of 2023 registered under sections 354/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 8/10 of POCSO Act. The Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioners in furtherance of common intention with the co-accused persons snatched the scarf of the victim and touched her inappropriately. It is further submitted that the allegations against the petitioners are all false and the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case because of land dispute with the father of the informant. It is then submitted that in her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C., the informant narrated a different version and has stated that she was taken to the forest by the accused persons but no physical relationship was established. It is then submitted that the petitioners undertake to cooperate with the investigation of the case. It is lastly submitted that the co-accused persons namely Sarfaraz Ansari and Istiyak Rayeen have already been given the privilege of anticipatory bail by coordinate Benches of this Court vide orders dated 16.08.2024 and 20.09.2024 in A.B.A. Nos.4533 of 2024 and A.B.A. No. 5972 of 2024. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioners be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Learned Addl. P.P. opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the submissions of the counsels and the fact as discussed above, I am of the opinion that it is a fit case where the above named petitioners be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Hence, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of this order, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.J.C.-IV-cum Special Judge, POCSO Act, Ranchi (Jharkhand), in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No.60 of 2023 with the condition that the petitioners will cooperate with the investigation of the case and appear before the Investigating Officer as and when noticed by him and will furnish their mobile numbers and a copy of their Aadhar Cards in the court below with the undertaking that they will not change their mobile numbers during the pendency of the case subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Sonu/Gunjan-