2025:JHHC:37950 --1-- A.B.A. No. 7192 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 7192 of 2025 ---- 1. Dilshan Ansari @ Dil Mohammad, aged about 37 years, son of Mukhtar Ansari 2. Ashfaque Ansari @ Asfak Ansari, aged about 29 years, son of Mukhtar Ansari Both are resident of village – Neori Sirat Nagar, PO – Mesra, PS – Sadar (Mesra), District – Ranchi .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Abhijit Kumar, Advocate :- Mr. Ajit Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Tarun Kumar, Advocate ---- 04/17.12.2025 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Sadar(Mesra) P.S. Case No.258 of 2016, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 325, 307, 353, 333, 337, 427 and 379 of Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the allegation is made that 29 named accused persons and about 100 unknown persons by making unlawful assembly assaulted the police party using lathi, danda, axe, stones, sword, gandasa etc. in which the informant and few police officials got injured. He further submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and there are general 2025:JHHC:37950 --2-- A.B.A. No. 7192 of 2025 and omnibus allegation against more than 100 persons. He then submits that in identical situation co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA Nos.4328 of 2024, 5836 of 2024, 5527 of 2024, 5723 of 2024, 5665 of 2024, 5666 of 2024, 6315 of 2024 and 6691 of 2024. He fairly submits that the petitioners have got one criminal antecedent. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner was also the member of unlawful assembly. 5. Considering that there are general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons of assault and co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.As. and there is no doubt that the petitioners have criminal antecedent, however, criminal antecedent cannot be sole criteria of either allowing or rejecting the anticipatory bail or regular bail, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, 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 Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ranchi in connection with Sadar (Mesra) P.S. Case No.258 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 17.12.2025 Sangam/