2026:JHHC:16280 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2705 of 2026 ------ Raju Pandey, aged about 25 years, son of Mathura Pandey, resident of Matpurhi, P.O. and P.S. Patan, District Palamau, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Sudhanshu Shekhar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vijoy Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 02/08.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Tarhari P.S. Case No. 14 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 305A and 331(4) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case and the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of the co-accused, Vikash Paswan. He next submits that Manish Soni was apprehended and he has confessed before the police that he along with Vikash Paswan committed theft in the house of the informant. He next submits that so far this petitioner is concerned, only due to village politics, he has been implicated in the case. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement and the allegation of theft is there against Manish Soni and Vikash Paswan and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 12 of the petition, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 2026:JHHC:16280 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palamau at Daltonganj, in connection with Tarhari P.S. Case No. 14 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 10.06.2026