[ 2026:JHHC:19942] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3667 of 2026 Dhiraj Kumar Verma @ Dheeraj Verma, aged about 44 Years, son of Arun Prasad, resident of Mohalla Goshtho Bihari Lane, Jhousagari, Post office Deoghar, Police Station - Deoghar, District Deoghar, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Lalit Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Bandana Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 07.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Deoghar (Town) P.S. Case No. 149 of 2026, registered for the offence under Section 303(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of the one of the jewelry shop. He next submits that co-accused Sharukh @ Md. Sharukh was working in another jewelry shop has stolen nine to ten jewelries and he has mortgaged the same with the petitioner and has taken the cash of Rs. 9,30,000/-. He then submits that it was agreed that when the said amount will be returned, he will return back the said jewelries. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the stolen jewelries were mortgaged with this petitioner. On this ground, she submits that anticipatory bail may [ 2026:JHHC:19942] -2- kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the allegation of theft is not against this petitioner and the same is against one Sharukh @ Md. Sharukh, who has mortgaged the stolen jewelries with the petitioner and the petitioner has handed over Rs. 9,30,000/- to him 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, Deoghar, in connection with Deoghar (Town) P.S. Case No. 149 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-07.07.2026 Amitesh/-