( 2026:JHHC:18081 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 2552 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2552 of 2026 Ajay Kumar Mahto, aged about 32 years, S/o Late Jaducharan Mahto, R/o Village Narayanpur, P.O. & P.S. Narayanpur, District- Giridih … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Tarun Kumar No.1, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. ----- 05/22.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Penk Narayanpur P.S. Case No.12/2025, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 85, 91 of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned A.C.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that on the fateful day, the wife of the petitioner was in her patents house as she has left her matrimonial house voluntarily and she was having 7 months pregnancy. He then submits that the married life of the petitioner along with her wife was not going on smoothly and for that Panchayati was also held and it was decided that the petitioner and his wife will separate from each other. He next submits that demand of Rs.25 Lakhs has been made from the girl side, however, the petitioner’s side was ready only to pay Rs.16 Lakhs for divorce, however, on the fateful day, the father of this petitioner has taken poison and, thereafter, he died. He also submits that all these facts have also come in para 34 of the case diary, which is supervision note of the D.S.P., Giridih. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:18081 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 2552 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation is there against the petitioner and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. The deceased is the father of the petitioner. In the FIR, the allegations are made that there were quarrel between the petitioner and his wife on 11.02.2025 and by that time, the wife of this petitioner was pregnant by 7 months. The pain was started on that day itself and, thereafter, she called her brother and went to her parent’s house and on 12.02.2025, she was blessed with a child, however, the child was not healthy and he was referred to Ranchi and in transit, newly born baby has died. It has also come that in presence of 15 villagers, negotiation was made in which both the parties were present and it has come that the petitioner and his wife were not residing together and negotiation for that was going on, however, on the fateful day, the father of this petitioner has taken poison and thereafter he died. 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 A.C.J.M., Bermo at Tenughat in connection with Penk Narayanpur P.S. Case No.12/2025, 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/