--1-- Neutral Citation No. (2026:JHHC:14577) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2471 of 2026 ---- Ranjit Kumar @ Ranjit Thakur @ Ranjeet Kumar, aged about 30 years, son of Nanka Thakur, resident of Sonari Nurse Qtr, Shiv Lal Basti, Sonari, P.O. & P.S.- Sonari, Town- Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Abhay Kr. Tiwari, A.P.P. ---- 02/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sonari P.S. Case No.147 of 2025, for offence registered under section 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 109, 352, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that on the spur of moment altercation took place in one of the salon and petitioner happens to be the barber of the said salon. He next submits that allegation is there of assault made by Nand Kumar Gope @ Nandu Gope on the leg with hockey stick and Nand Kumar Gope @ Nandu Gope has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.952 of 2026. He next submits that there is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.11 of the petition. He next submits that another co-accused has also been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. --2-- No.2275 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of assault. 5. Considering that co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail as aforesaid A.B.As. and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the 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 the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Sonari PS Case No.147 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 13.05.2026 Jay/