( 2026:JHHC:14681 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2451 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2451 of 2026 Badal Sah, aged about 35 years, son of Binod Kumar Sah, resident of Tanti Para, Harindanga Bazar, P.O. & P.S. Pakur (Town), Distt. Pakur, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, A.P.P. ----- 03/13.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No. 16 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 189(2), 189(3), 189(4), 189(5), 190, 191(2), 191(3), 221, 222, 132, 285, 126(2),326(g),324(3),324(5), 62 and 109(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that a mob was assembled at the spot due to the road accident, in which, one person has died. He next submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against 500-600 persons. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 9 of this application. He next submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail of the co-accused persons has been allowed by this Court in A.B.A. No.1353 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is named in the FIR. 5. Considering that a mob was assembled at the spot, pursuant to a road accident, in which, one person has died and further from perusal of the FIR, ( 2026:JHHC:14681 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2451 of 2026 it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegations against 500-600 persons and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 9 of this application and the prayer for anticipatory bail of the co- accused persons has been allowed by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pakur in connection with Pakur (Town) P.S. Case No.16/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 13th May, 2026 Ajay/