( 2026:JHHC:14298 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2224 of 2026 Ashok Yadav, aged about 33 years, son of Kuldip Yadav, resident of Upar Tola, P.O. Murpa and P.S. Gola Project and District-Ramgarh ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Rajesh Kr. Mahtha, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Malsi Pathak, A.C. to P.P. 02/ 12.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kasmar P.S. Case No.68 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 334 and 305(a) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the allegations are made of theft of 49 solar batteries from the premises of school. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.8 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 1311 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.8 of the petition and co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail ( 2026:JHHC:14298 ) to the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three 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 Kasmar P.S. Case No.68 of 2025, in connection with Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. Dt.12.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-