2026:JHHC:14596 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2507 of 2026 ---- Vikash Kumar Rajak @ Vikash Rajak @ Bikash Kumar Rajak, aged about 30 years, son of Tulsi Dhobi, r/o Village Gopaldih, PO and PS Jainagar, District Koderma .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Pratiyush Lala, Advocate For the State :- Mr. N.K. Ganjhu, Advocate ---- 2/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jainagar PS Case No.05 of 2026, for offence registered under section 316(2), 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2), 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned S.D.J.M., Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the allegation is made against one Sonu Kumar of talking with the girl over telephone by way of changing his voice. He next submits that the petitioner is trying to have job and for that he is appearing in competitive examination and to buttress his such argument, he refers to page no.28 (Anx.2) which is the Admit Card of Railway Recruitment Board and he further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.16 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. 2026:JHHC:14596 2 5. Annexure-2 is the document which prima-facie suggest that the petitioner is trying to have job by way of appearing in competitive examinations and the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the petitioner is having 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 S.D.J.M., Koderma, in connection with Jainagar PS Case No.05 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 13.05.2026 SI/