( 2026:JHHC:18821 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2026 Bir Kumar Sahu, aged about 23 years, S/o Munshi Sahu, R/o Village- Kulabira, P.O. & P.S. Gumla, District- Gumla (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ----- 02/29.06.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.131/2026, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 308(5), 308(4), 303(2), 351(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only due to enmity. He further submits that the allegations are made that the amount of Rs.40,000/- was transferred in the account of the petitioner, however, there is no disclosure/description of transaction. He then submits that not a single pie has been transferred in the account of the petitioner. He also submits that the petitioner is a villager and he is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 7 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegation of extortion is there. 5. Considering that the amount was transferred in the account of the petitioner, however, mode/detail of such transaction is not disclosed in the ( 2026:JHHC:18821 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3349 of 2026 FIR and further, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 7 of this application and it has been pointed out that due to enmity the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gumla in connection with Gumla P.S. Case No.131/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 29th June, 2026 Ajay/