2026:JHHC:18965 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2268 of 2026 ------ Chhotan Prajapati @ Chhotan Pandit, age about 21 years, son of Jeevlal Pandit @ Jivlal Kumhar, resident of Village Jhurjhuri, P.O. and P.S. Barkatha, District Hazaribag, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Santosh Kumar Soni, Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, A.P.P. ------ 03/30.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No. 123 of 2022, registered for the offence under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case only on the allegation that the petitioner used to talk with the deceased, who has committed suicide. He next submits that mother of the deceased has caught the girl talking with this petitioner on 12.07.2022 and on the next day FIR has been lodged. He further submits that there was every possibility that due to interference of the mother, she has committed suicide. He also submits that there is nothing against the petitioner to suggest that the petitioner has instigated the deceased to take such step and the petitioner is a student aged about 19 years. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner used to talk with the deceased and in para 30 of the case diary, it has come that since 09.07.2022 to 12.07.2022, 16 times calls have been made by the petitioner. 5. In the FIR, it has come that mother of the deceased has caught the girl talking with the petitioner on 12.07.2022 and the date of her suicide 2026:JHHC:18965 is not disclosed in the FIR and only allegation is there against the petitioner of talking with the girl, who has committed suicide, apart from that there is nothing in the case diary to suggest that the petitioner has instigated the deceased to take such step, the possibility of taking such step due to interference of the mother, prima facie, cannot be ruled out and further the petitioner is a student aged about 19 years at the time of alleged incidence, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within two 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag, in connection with Barkatha P.S. Case No. 123 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 30.06.2026 Anit Uploaded 01.07.2026