2026:JHHC:1672 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.307 of 2026 Najuk Kumar @ Najuk Bharti, aged about 19 Years son of Sanjay Rana, resident of village Marpa, Post office & Police Station Belbadda, District- Godda. …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Satyanshu Shubham, Advocate For the State : Ms. Sushma Aind, APP ------ 2/21.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Belbadda P.S Case No. 53 of 2025, registered for the alleged offence committed under Section 305 of the B.N.S., pending in the court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Godda. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that due to enmity, the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case alleging that the petitioner has done theft in the house of the informant and the informant is the agnate of the petitioner. He also submits that the alleged occurrence is said to be 30th July 2025 and the FIR has been lodged on 12/08/2025. He next submits that the Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 16 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is named in the FIR. 5. Considering that the petitioner and the informants are agnates and the occurrence is said to be dated 30th July 2025, whereas the FIR has been lodged on 12/08/2025 and the petitioner has got no 2026:JHHC:1672 2 criminal antecedents as disclosed in Para 16 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Godda, in connection with Belbadda P.S Case No. 53 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 21.01.2026 R.Kumar