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( 2026:JHHC:14307 )
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2088 of 2026
Ravindra Kumar Kashyap, aged about 53 years, son of late Jagdish Prasad Saw, resident of Ward No. 11, Ranki Mohalla, P.O. and P.S. Garhwa, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand-822114 ...... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner
:Ms. Sonali Bhattacharjee, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.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 Garhwa P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025, registered under sections 318(4), 349 of the BNS, 2023 and sections 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act, 1957, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is having automobile shop and allegations are made of keeping duplicate castrol mobil. She next submits that petitioner has purchased the said mobil from one of the dealer and kept in the shop as it was purchased and no mischief has been done by the petitioner. She next submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. On these grounds, she submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail.
4.
Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of keeping duplicate castrol mobil in the shop.
5.
Considering that dispute is with regard to keeping duplicate castrol mobil and it has been pointed out that petitioner has purchased the said mobil from one of the dealer and kept in the shop as it was purchased.
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The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 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, Garhwa, in connection with Garhwa P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023.
Dt.12.05.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-