( 2026:JHHC:18666 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3290 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3290 of 2026 Tuntun Mandal, aged about 22 years, S/o Baijnath Mandal, resident of Village- Bandhdih, P.O. & P.S. Jarmundi, District- Dumka … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashish Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the State : Mr. Naveen Kumar Gaunjhu, A.P.P. ----- 04/25.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jarmundi P.S. Case No.61 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 111(2)(b), 111(3), 111(4), 112(2), 317(2), 317(4), 318(2), 318(4), 319(2), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 66(B), 66(C) and 66(D) of I.T. Act, pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the matter relates to cyber-crime and the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application. He then submits that only on suspect of mobile the name of the petitioner has been taken by one of the co-accused. He next submits that in identical situation, the prayer for anticipatory bail of two of the co-accused persons has been granted in A.B.A. No.5723 of 2025 and A.B.A. No.997 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer and submits that allegations are there of suspecting the mobile phone of the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:18666 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3290 of 2026 5. Considering that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application and only on the suspect of mobile that too in the confessional statement of apprehended co-accused the name of the petitioner has come and in identical situation, the prayer for anticipatory bail of two of the co-accused persons has been granted in the aforesaid A.B.As. 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dumka in connection with Jarmundi P.S. Case No.61/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 25th June, 2026 Ajay/