IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.1371 of 2025 ------ Sanjay Singh aged about 29 years S/O Shankar Singh R/O Village Amliya Kalyanpur, P.O. + P.S. Bharno, Dist.-Gumla .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... ....Opposite Party ------ CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Pandey, Addl. P.P ------ Order No.02 Dated- 28-02-2025 Heard the parties. Apprehending his arrest, the petitioner has moved this Court for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail in connection with Bhandra P.S. Case No. 48 of 2024 registered under Sections 126 (2), 115(2), 121 (1), 352, 351 (3), 132, 309 (5), 62, 263 (b), 190 of the BNS, 2023. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the allegation against the petitioner is that the petitioner used criminal force against the informant police officer and forcibly took away the co-accused Shiv @ Shiva @ Shiv Kumar Singh from the custody of the police. It is then submitted that the allegations against the petitioner are all false. It is further submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent, as mentioned in paragraph 21 of the anticipatory bail application. It is next submitted that the petitioner is ready to co-operate with the investigation of the case and co-accused with similar allegations has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 02.01.2025 passed in ABA no. 7746 of 2024, hence, the petitioner be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. The learned Addl. PP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Considering aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Hence, in the event of arrest by the police or surrender within a period of six weeks from the date of this order, the petitioner 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 JMFC, Lohardaga in connection with Bhandra P.S. Case No. 48 of 2024 subject to the condition that the petitioner will co-operate with the Investigation of the case and will appear before the Investigating Officer as and when noticed by him and will submit mobile number and photocopy of Aadhaar card at the time of surrender in the court below with an undertaking not to change mobile phone number during the pendency of the case along with the other conditions laid down under section 482 (2) BNSS, 2023. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) Rohit/