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2026 DAILYLAW 13516 (JHR)

MADHU GOPE v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./2654/2026 · 2026-05-15

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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2026:JHHC:15061 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2654 of 2026 ------ 1. Madhu Gope, aged about 25 years, son of Badal Chandra Gope 2. Rakesh Kumar Gope @ Rakesh Kr. Gope, aged about 31 years, son of Manu Gope Both resident of Village Bududih, P.O. Kura, P.S. Pindrajora, District Bokaro .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Nishant Kumar Roy, Advocate For the State : Ms. Amrita Kumari, A.P.P. ------ 02/15.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pindrajora P.S. Case No.02 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 74, 75 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the FIR has been registered against unknown alleging that two of the miscreants riding on motorcycle teased the informant on 29.12.2025 wherein the FIR has been lodged on 05.01.2026. He submits that in course of investigation name of these petitioners have been surfaced. He also submits that the petitioners are having one criminal antecedent however, in that case the petitioners have already been acquitted. He next submits that the complicity of the petitioners are not there in spite of that petitioners have been called by the Investigating Officer and they have also complied the notice. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of teasing the informant. 5. Considering that the FIR is against unknown and in the FIR itself, it has been stated that two of the miscreants, who were riding on motorcycle they have teased the informant on 29.12.2025 wherein the FIR has been lodged on 05.01.2026 and it is in dispute whether the petitioners 2026:JHHC:15061 are those persons or not, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro, in connection with Pindrajora P.S. Case No.02 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 16.05.2026