--1-- Neutral Citation No. ( 2026:JHHC:14400 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2227 of 2026 ---- 1. Vicky @ Md. Irfan @ Irfan, aged about 26 years, S/o Md. Lukman Ansari 2. Md. Shahid @ Shahid, aged about 42 years, S/o- Kalinaullah 3. Md. Rijwan @ Rizzu, aged about 37 years, S/o Md. Mubarak Hussain, all are resident of at & P.O.- Pelawal, P.S.- Katkamsandi (Pelawal), District- Hazaribag (Jharkhand) .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Md. Sajid Yunus, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ---- 02/12.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Katkamsandi P.S. Case No. 420 of 2023, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 341, 307, 354, 337, 338, 295-A, 153-A, 427, 504 and 506 of Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the allegations are made against 100 people of one community to stop the bus and to assault the persons, who were present in the bus. He further submits that one of the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge in A.B.P. No.2521 of 2023. He also submits that for the same occurrence, two cases are filed against the petitioners. He submits that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.1523 of 2026. --2-- 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are also there of outraging modesty of the lady passengers, who were in the bus. 5. Considering that in the FIR there are general and omnibus allegations against 100 persons, there is no specific allegation against any particular person and co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.1523 of 2026 and A.B.A. No.2521 of 2023, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Katkamsandi P.S. Case No. 420 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 12.05.2026 Jay/