[ 2026:JHHC:18842] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3444 of 2026 Chadan Kumar Singh S/o Uday Kumar Singh aged about 31. years Resident of Village- Sadhariya, P.O. Charakmara, P.S. Sarath, District- Deoghar. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. L.C. Roy, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Shree Prakash Jha, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 29.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with CID P.S. Case No. 17 of 2024, registered for the offence under Sections 143, 188, 353, 379, 454, 504 and 102-B of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned AJC-XVIII-cum-Special Judge, CID/ATS, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the aspirant of the Civil Services Examination and was sitting in the examination however, on the centre, 50 to 60 persons assembled and they made hooliganism alleging that the paper leak has been occurred and thereafter, they have fled away. He further submits that the allegations are made that the petitioner was sitting in the examination and he has also gone along with them. He next submits that the other co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. Nos. 1995 and 2294 of 2026. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there that the petitioner has [ 2026:JHHC:18842] -2- accompanied in fleeing away the persons, who were assembled at the examination centre. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the petitioner is the aspirant of the Civil Services Examination and 50 to 60 persons assembled in the centre and made hooliganism alleging that the paper has been leaked and thereafter, the petitioner has also left the examination centre and further, the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.As. and in the attending facts and circumstances, 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 AJC- XVIII-cum-Special Judge, CID/ATS, Ranchi, in connection with CID P.S. Case No. 17 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-29.06.2026 Amitesh/-