( 2026:JHHC:17164 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3075 of 2026 1. Vikash Bishwakarma @ Vikash Kumar @ Vikas Kr. Vishwakarma, aged about 43 years, son of late Damodar Bishwakrma, resident of At-Bara, P.O. and P.S. Chattarpur, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 2. Vijay Bishwakarma @ Bijay Mistri @ Vijay Vishwakarma, aged about 45 years, son of Doman Bishwakarma, resident of At-Bagaya, P.O. Kawal, P.S. Chattarpur, District-Palamau, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kr. Gaunjhu, A.P.P. 02/ 15.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chhatarpur P.S. Case No. 0023 of 2026 registered under sections 196(2) and 353(2) of the BNS, 2023 and section 125 of the Representation of the People Acts of 1950, 1951 and 1989, pending in the Court of learned J.M. Ist Class, Daltonganj at Palamau. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that allegations are made of circulating message on Whatsapp and apart from that there is no allegation against the petitioners. He submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of circulating message on Whatsapp. 5. Looking into contents of F.I.R, it transpires that only allegations against the petitioners are made of circulating message on Whatsapp and apart from that there is no allegation against the petitioners and the ( 2026:JHHC:17164 ) petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned J.M. Ist Class, Daltonganj at Palamau, in connection with Chhatarpur P.S. Case No. 0023 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.15.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-