IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.647 of 2025 ------ Rahul Malar, aged about 25 years, son of Rameshwar Malar, resident of Latu, Post-Fulsu, Police Station-Bariatu, District-Latehar, State Jharkhand. .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Akhilesh Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Arup Kr. Dey, Addl.P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 29/01/2025 Heard the parties. Apprehending his arrest, the petitioner has moved this Court for grant of privileges of anticipatory bail in connection with Dhanbad G.R. P.S. Case No.70 of 2024 registered under section 303(2) of the B.N.S., 2023 read with Section 379 of Indian Penal Code. The Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner has committed theft of mobile phone, gold ring, keys, watch and cash from a train while travelling from Ranchi to Madhupur and the petitioner was found using the stolen mobile phone, the same has been recovered but the petitioner could not account for the same. It is further submitted that the allegations against the petitioner are all false. It is next submitted that the petitioner found the mobile phone lying on the ground at Tata Nagar Railway Station and voluntarily submitted to the railway police and the same has been mentioned in the production cum seizure memo, the copy of which has been kept at page-16. It is next submitted that the petitioner is no way involved in the alleged theft. It is next submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been mentioned in paragraph no.16 of the anticipatory bail application. It is then submitted that the petitioner undertakes to cooperate with the investigation of the case. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be given the privileges 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 abovenamed petitioner be given the privileges of anticipatory bail. Hence, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of this order, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-1st Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Dhanbad G.R. P.S. Case No.70 of 2024 with the condition that the petitioner will cooperate with the investigation of the case and appear before the Investigating Officer as and when noticed by him and will furnish his mobile number and a copy of his Aadhar Card in the court below with the undertaking that he will not change his mobile number 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.) Abhiraj/