( 2026:JHHC:13853 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2294 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2294 of 2026 Chandan Kumar Das, aged about 35 years, son of Shiv Shankar Das, resident of Village- Chhota Sanghara Pathraul, P.O. & P.S. Pathrole, District- Deoghar, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Sah, Advocate For the State : Mr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ----- 03/08.05.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with C.I.D. P.S. Case No. 17 of 2024 dated 30.05.2024 registered for the offence under Sections 143, 188, 353, 379, 454, 504, 120(B) of the India Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned A.J.C.-XVIII, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the aspirant of the Civil Services Examination and was sitting in the examination however, on the centre, 50 to 60 persons assembled and they made hooliganism alleging that the paper leak has been occurred and thereafter, they have fled away. He further submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner was sitting in the examination and he has also gone along with them. He next submits that co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.1995 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there that the petitioner has accompanied in fleeing away the persons, who were assembled at the examination centre. ( 2026:JHHC:13853 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2294 of 2026 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the petitioner is the aspirant of the Civil Services Examination and 50 to 60 persons assembled in the centre and made hooliganism alleging that the paper has been leaked and thereafter, the petitioner has also left the examination centre and further, the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and in the attending facts and circumstances, 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 A.J.C.-XVIII, Ranchi in connection with C.I.D. P.S. Case No. 17 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and further subject to the condition that the petitioner will cooperate in the investigation. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 8th May, 2026 Ajay/