2026:JHHC:13645 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2137 of 2026 ---- Raghuwansh Prasad Singh @ Sonu aged about 33 years son of Kameshwar Singh resident of Ward No.11, Fatehpur Shahbaz, PO and PS Raghopur, District Vaishali,Bihar.... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mrs Neeta Krishna, Advocate For the State :- Mrs Anuradha Sahay, Advocate ---- 2/06.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bengabad PS Case No.177 of 2025, for offence registered under section 303(2), 317(2) read with section 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the allegations are made of theft of Scorpio car. She further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.13 of the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that 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 2026:JHHC:13645 2 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih, in connection with Bengabad PS Case No.177 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 06.05.2026 SI/