2026:JHHC:16251 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2710 of 2026 ---- Gangeshwar Mehta @ Gangeshwar Prasad Mehta, aged about 60 years, son of Amrit Mahto, resident of Village Marpa Ratanpur, PO and PS Hazaribagh, District Hazaribagh .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P. ---- 2/08.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ichak PS Case No.120 of 2019, for offence registered under section 461, 379 of the IPC, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the petitioner has nothing to do with stealing and manipulating the Register-II. He next submits that the co-accused namely Deepak Kumar Das has confessed about the guilt and he has taken the name of the petitioner. He next submits that in identical situation the co-accused namely Lokesh Kumar Sao @ Lokesh Kumar Saw has been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.793 of 2021. 2026:JHHC:16251 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there against the petitioner of stealing Register-II from the office of Tahsildar, Ichak. 5. Considering that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and in identical situation one of the co- accused has been granted anticipatory bail in aforesaid ABA, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner. 6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within four weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, 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 satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Ichak PS Case No.120 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 08.06.2026 SI/