2026:JHHC:4480 --1-- A.B.A. No. 874 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 874 of 2026 ---- 1. Gautam Kumar @ Gautam Devi, aged about 35 years, son of Mukesh Prasad, resident of Gram Sangramlodhi, PO – Sangramlodhiya, PS – Jasidih, District – Deoghar 2.Badal Dev @ Yashwant Kumar Dev @ Yashwant Deo @ Badal Deo, aged about 26 years, son of Devendra Deo, resident of Gram Sangramlodhi, PO – Sangramlodhiya, PS – Jasidih, District – Deoghar .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Ankit Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Bishwambhar Shastri, Advocate ---- 02/17.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 262 of 2022, registered for the offences under Sections 323, 341, 342, 395, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are working in the forest department as a daily wager and allegations are made of taking away the cow and calf of the informant by the petitioners. He further submits that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioners. He then submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been 2026:JHHC:4480 --2-- A.B.A. No. 874 of 2026 made in para-9 of the petition. He next submits that in identical situation one co-accused person has already been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.5523 of 2025. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner is named in the FIR. 5. Considering that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioners and the name of the petitioners has come only on the alleged conversation between the accused persons and further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-9 of the petition and in identical situation one co-accused person has already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABA, I am inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar in connection with Jasidih P.S. Case No. 262 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 17.02.2026 Sangam/