2026:JHHC:3212 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 657 of 2026 ---- Salam Khan @ Abul Salam Khan aged about 72 years, son of Abdul Razik r/o Village Fatehullah, Lane, PO GPO, PS Lower Bazar, Dist Ranchi, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. K.S.Nanda, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Fahad Allam, Advocate ---- 2/06.02.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ormanjhi PS Case No.211 of 2021, for offence registered under section 467, 468, 471, 420, 120(B) of IPC, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that allegations are made of selling of the land which has already been sold earlier. He next submits that the said allegation is there against four accused persons and three co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.2145 of 2025. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.12 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the 2026:JHHC:3212 2 allegation is there of selling of the land which has already been sold earlier. 5. Considering that three co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.8 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within four weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, in connection with Ormanjhi PS Case No.211 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 06.02.2026 SI/