( 2026:JHHC:13400 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 872 of 2026 Mihir Kumar aged about 21 years, son of Jitendra Kumar, resident of Mollha Takiya Ward No. 03, P.O. and P.S. Rohtas, District-Rohtas(Bihar), presently near Dhurwa Dam side P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi (Jharkhand) ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Suraj Kishore Prasad, Advocate For the State : Mr. Fahad Allam, A.P.P. 02/ 06.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhurwa (Hatia) P.S. Case No. 331 of 2025, registered under sections 191(2), 191(3), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2), 118(2), 109(1) and 61 of BNS, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in F.I.R and petitioner happens to be student studying in Jharkhand University of Technology. He next submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced in course of investigation. He further submits that co- accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 1077 of 2026 and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the complicity of the petitioner has come in para 11 of the case diary and in view of that anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that petitioner is not named in F.I.R and his name has surfaced in course of investigation. The co-accused has been granted ( 2026:JHHC:13400 ) anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 19 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate at Ranchi, in connection with Dhurwa (Hatia) P.S. Case No. 331 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.06.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-