2025:JHHC:36809 -1- A.B.A. No.6913 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 6913 of 2025 ---- 1.Dewnarayan Mahto @ Deonarayan Mahto aged about 37 years, son of Jagdish Mahto, resident of Harladih, Barai Panchayat, Bhandra, PO Bhendra and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 2.Sandeep Kumar Mahto @ Sandeep Kumar aged about 25 years son of Janki Mahto, resident of PO and PS Nawadih District Bokaro 3.Sandeep Kumar @ Sandeep Jharkhandi aged about 26 years son of Prem Chand Mahto resident of Potso, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 4.Pawan Kumar Mahto aged about 23 years son of Ram Chandra Mahto, resident of 42, Barai, Tola Bankatwa, Palamu, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 5.Tinku Kumar Sharma @ Tinku Sharma, aged about 35 years son of Nand Kishor Sharma, resident of 86, Gunjardih, Bhandaridah, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 6.Vijay Kumar aged about 27 years son of Rameshwar Mahto, resident of 111, Rakhwa, Bhalmara, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 7.Bitu Saw @ Bitu Kumar Saw aged about 28 years son of Wakil Saw, resident of Turi Tola, Goniyato, Rajderwa, PO Rajderwa, and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 8.Manoj Kumar aged about 23 years son of Chhatradhari Mahto, resident of Katghara, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 9.Maheveer Mahto @ Mahaveer Prasad aged about 53 years, son of Puran Mahto, resident of Fulwardihi, Chirudih, Chepro, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 10.Alkama Shibli @ Alkama Ansari, aged about 25 years son of Maniruddin Ansari A., resident of P.O. and PS Nawadih, District Bokoro 11.Suraj Mahto @ Suraj Kumar Mahto aged about 22 years, son of Chintaman Mahto, resident of PO Phusro Bazar and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 12.Ranjeet Mahto @ Ranjeet Kumar Mahto aged about 21 years son of Gopal Prasad Mahto, resident of Village Ahrdih, Tola Masjid Mohalla, PO Surhi and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 13.Kuber Choudhary @ Kuber Choudhary aged about 38 years son of Bhekhlal Choudhary, resident of Kharpito, Argamo, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 14.Krishna Ravidas @ Ashok Ravidas aged about 35 years son of Shankar Ravidas resident of Chirudih, Chepro, PO and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 15.Nunuchand Mahto aged about 32 years son of Narayan Mahto, resident of Dahiyari, Parasbani, PO and PS Chandrapura, District Bokaro 16.Shiv Prakash Nayak @ Shiuv Prakash aged about 27 years son of Ratan Nayak resident of PO Bhendra and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro 2025:JHHC:36809 -2- A.B.A. No.6913 of 2025 17.Anand Vishwakarma @ Anand Kumar aged about 38 years, son of Madan Vishwakarma, resident of PO Bhendra and Nawadih, District Bokaro 18.Suraj Kumar Mahto Jharkhandi Reels @ Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Mahto aged about 22 years, son of Khem Narayan Mahto, resident of Argamo, PO Argamo and PS Nawadih, District Bokaro .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. V.K. Vashistha, Advocate ---- 2/08.12.2025 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Nawadih PS Case No.40 of 2025, for offence registered under section 190, 191(2), 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 109, 132, 352, 351(3), 125(a), 324(a) of BNS and section 3 of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, pending in court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the allegation against the petitioners are general and omnibus and the mob was assembled near the dead body of a person whose body was recovered from one Creta Car and the persons were agitating that firstly to trace out the culprit and then to take the body. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of assembling of many persons and assaulting the police personnel. 5. Looking to the contents of the FIR it transpires that 21 persons are 2025:JHHC:36809 -3- A.B.A. No.6913 of 2025 named and the FIR is against one unknown. It also transpires that the agitation was being made by the persons for tracing out the culprit first and then take the body of the deceased and there are general and omnibus allegations against the petitioners, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, 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 like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat, in connection with Nawadih PS Case No.40 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 08.12.2025 SI/