( 2026:JHHC:16867 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3017 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3017 of 2026 Gurdeep Singh, S/o Kamal Jeet Singh, aged about 26 years, R/o H. No.25, Jeeta Bagan, Namda Basti, P.O. & P.S. Golmuri, Town- Jamshedpur, District- East Singhbhum, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. K. Hari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, A.P.P. ----- 02/11.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sonari P.S. Case No.20/2025, registered for the offence under Sections 190, 191(2), 109(1), 118(1), 118(2), 126(2) and 117(2) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that the allegation of assault is not there against the petitioner. He then submits that the petitioner has only tried to pacify the things and for that, the petitioner has been implicated in the case. He next submits that one of the accused person has already been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in A.B.A. No.3829 of 2025. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner was present on the spot. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that there is allegation of assaulting the informant and others against 5-6 unknown ( 2026:JHHC:16867 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3017 of 2026 persons. The petitioner has only tried to pacify the things. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner of assault. The co-accused person has been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. Further, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur in connection with Sonari P.S. Case No.20/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th June, 2026 Ajay/