( 2026:JHHC:18675 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3303 of 2026 Rikesh Kumar Sharma, aged about 34 years, son of Chandrika Sharma @ Chandrika Mistri, resident of village-Adhouri, P.O.-Banka, P.S.-Meral, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Tiwary, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rajneesh Vardhan, A.P.P. 02/ 25.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Garhwa Nagar P.S. Case No 134 of 2025, registered under sections 303(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come in confessional statement and the petitioner has nothing to do with the said theft auto. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 10 of the petition. 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 ( 2026:JHHC:18675 ) 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Garhwa, in connection with Garhwa Nagar P.S. Case No 134 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.25.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-