2026:JHHC:14252 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 521 of 2026 ---- Nawal Mandal @ Shankar Mandal, aged about 29 years, son of late Ramu Mandal, resident of Village Koradih, PO Sabejore, PS Sarawan, District Deoghar, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Arvind Kr. Choudhary, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Sanat Kr. Jha, Advocate ---- 2/11.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sarawan PS Caes No.131 of 2025, for offence registered under section 317(2) and 317(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that false allegations are made against the petitioner of recovery of theft motorcycle from the house of the petitioner on 25.10.2025. He next submits that the seizure list is prepared on 02.11.2025 and place of seizure list is said to be Sarawan Police Station. He next submits in view of that the entire allegation is falsified against the petitioner and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.11 of the petition and on these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that 2026:JHHC:14252 2 allegations are there of recovery of motorcycle from the house of the petitioner. 5. Considering that the said recovery is said to be on 25.10.2025 from the house of the petitioner whereas the seizure list was prepared on 02.11.2025 and the place of seizure is said to be Sarawan Police Station and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as on the query made by the Court, the learned counsel for the respondent State fairly submits that the case diary is also silent on the point of criminal antecedent, 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 Judicial Magistrate First Class, Deoghar, in connection with Sarawan PS Caes No.131 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 11.05.2026 SI/