( 2026:JHHC:18451 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3231 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3231 of 2026 Md. Altamas Mallik @ Sajad @ Md. Altamash, aged about 18 years, S/o Sajjad Alam, resident of Near Moti Masjid, Nezam Ngar, Hindpiri, P.O. & P.S. Hindpiri, Dist.- Ranchi, Jharkhand … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Binod Kumar Dubey, Advocate For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumar, A.P.P. ----- 02/24.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Argora P.S. Case No.227/2025 lodged on 16.10.2025, registered for the offence under Section 304(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case and only on the basis of confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused, his name has come. He further submits that the petitioner is a student. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner’s name has come on confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused and further, he is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is a student and in the attending ( 2026:JHHC:18451 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3231 of 2026 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, Ranchi in connection with Argora P.S. Case No.227/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 24th June, 2026 Ajay/