( 2026:JHHC:17481 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3111 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3111 of 2026 Dharmendra Sharma @ Chhotu Sharma @ Chotu Sharma, aged about 23 years, S/o Sachchitanand Sharma, R/o Ram Nagar Colony, P.O. & P.S. Chas, District- Bokaro, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P. ----- 04/17.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chas P.S. Case No.146 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 303(2), 352, 351, 3(5) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned C.J.M., Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and informant are cousin brothers. He further submits that the petitioner has filed complaint case against the informant for molesting the wife of the petitioner on 26.10.2025 and, thereafter, the present FIR has been lodged on 21.11.2025 alleging that on the same date i.e. on 26.10.2025, the petitioner has molested the wife of the informant. He then submits that maliciously the present case has been lodged that too after 26 days of the alleged occurrence. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 10 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations of molestation are there against the petitioner ( 2026:JHHC:17481 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3111 of 2026 5. Considering that on 26.10.2025 itself, the petitioner has filed a complaint case against the informant alleging molestation of his wife and on 21.11.2025 after 26 days of the allegation of same date, present FIR has been lodged against the petitioner and it has been pointed out that the petitioner and informant are cousin brothers and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 10 of this application and 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 C.J.M., Bokaro in connection with Chas P.S. Case No.146 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 17th June, 2026 Ajay/