( 2026:JHHC:18458 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3229 of 2026 Sachin Kumar @ Sachin Choudhary, aged about 33 years, son of Dhrub Chaudhary, resident of village, P.O. and P.S. Murhu, District-Khunti, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Ms. K. Pragati R. Narayan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shiv Shankar Kumar, A.P.P. 02/ 24.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Murhu P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, registered under sections 132, 115(2), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 324(5), 352, 351(2) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is having a grocery shop nearby the place of occurrence and allegations are made that drone of the police was destroyed. She next submits that petitioner has no role in destroying the drone. She further submits that F.I.R. has been lodged against petitioner and unknown persons. She next submits that on the said day three F.I.Rs have been lodged against the petitioner for the same incident. On these grounds, she submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there of destroying drone of the police. 5. Considering that petitioner is having grocery shop nearby the place of occurrence and it has been pointed out that on the said day three F.I.Rs have been lodged against the petitioner for the same incident and only ( 2026:JHHC:18458 ) allegation against the petitioner is of destroying the drone of the police. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Khunti, in connection with Murhu P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.24.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-