[2026:JHHC:8715] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1176 of 2026 Prahlad Mandal, aged about 30 years, Son of Nand Kishore Mandal, Resident of Village- Surni Pargodih, P.O. Surni, P.S.-Deodarn, District- Godda, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar Sah, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 26.03.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Godda (T) P.S. Case No. 286 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) & 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 66-C and 66-D of I.T Act., 2000, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Godda. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the name of the petitioner has been taken by one Roushan Kumar, who happened to be the distant relative of this petitioner. He next submits that the petitioner is working as supervisor in the factory of Schott Poonawalla, situated at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and in support thereof, he refers to Annexure-2 of the petition. He further submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the [2026:JHHC:8715] -2- basis of confessional statement. 5. Annexure-2 of the petition is a document, issued by the factory of Schott Poonawalla, situated at Ahmedabad (Gujarat), which suggests that the petitioner is working there as a supervisor and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-14 of the petition, in that view of the matter, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-26.03.2026 Amitesh/-