( 2026:JHHC:18098 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2458 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2458 of 2026 Rahul Kumar Pandey @ Rahul Pandey, aged about 51 years, son of Nagendra Pandey, resident of Qtr. No.5A, F Type Chasnala, P.O. & P.S. Sudamdih, District- Dhanbad … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate Mr. Nishant Kumar Roy, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Shweta Singh, A.P.P. ----- 03/22.06.2026 Heard learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sudamdih P.S. Case No.79 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of a chargesheeted accused, namely, Nilkamal Sen, who is a juvenile. He further submits that the said Nilkamal Sen has been later on acquitted by the Juvenile Justice Board. He then submits that rest of the accused persons have been acquitted by the learned Court in Sessions Trial Case Nos.723 of 2023 and 894 of 2023, contained in Annexures- 2 and 2/1 of this application. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 12 of this application. He also submits that the investigation against the petitioner is still going on. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and ( 2026:JHHC:18098 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2458 of 2026 submits that on perusal of the case diary, it transpired that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement. She fairly submits that it is not clear from the case diary that pursuant to whose firing three persons have received injury and subsequently one person has died. 5. In view of the above, it transpires that Nilkamal Sen has taken name of this petitioner that the petitioner was also firing. It has been alleged in the FIR that three persons have received injuries and subsequently one person has died. However, the chargesheetes accused persons have faced the trial and they have been acquitted in Sessions Trial Case Nos.723 of 2023 and 894 of 2023, contained in Annexures- 2 and 2/1 of this application. Nilkamal Sen, who is a juvenile, has also been acquitted by the Juvenile Justice Board. The petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 12 of this application. The investigation is still going on against the petitioner. 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, Dhanbad in connection with Sudamdih P.S. Case No.79 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 22nd June, 2026 Ajay/