WAKIL KUMAR MAHTO ALIASD VAKIL KUMAR MAHTO v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND
A.B.A./2466/2026 · 2026-05-13
Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
body2026
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2466 of 2026
1. Wakil Kumar Mahto @ Vakil Kumar Mahto, aged 29 years, son of Ludeshwar Mahto, residents of village Ambadih, P.O. Uttasara, P.S. Peterwar, District-Bokaro
2. Md. Wahid Ansari, aged 37 years, son of Md. Muslim Ansari, residents of village Lukaiya, P.O.-Uttasara, P.S. Peterwar, District-Bokaro
3. Md. Nurul Ansari, aged 32 years, son of Md. Muslim Ansari, Resident of village Lukaiya, P.O.-Uttasara, P.S. Peterwar, District-Bokaro ...... … Petitioners
Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party
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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners
:Mr. Pranav Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Praful Jojo, A.P.P
02/ 13.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Petarwar P.S. Case No. 130 of 2024, registered for the offences under Sections 189(2), 190, 121(1), 132 and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that in a road accident, one person has died, pursuant to that agitations were made by the villagers and further it has been alleged that they have obstructed the public servants in discharging their official duty and the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.1173 of 2026 and A.B.A. No. 2055 of 2026. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there to obstruct the public servants from discharging their official duty. 5. Considering that agitations were being made arising out of a road accident, in which, one person has died and further there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons and the co-accused
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persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, and in that view of the matter, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail, as such, the petitioners, named above, in the event of their surrender/arrest, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat, in connection with Petarwar P.S. Case No. 130 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
Dt.13.05.2026
( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-