2026:JHHC:19680 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3522 of 2026 ------ Arbind Yadav @ Arbind Kumar Yadav @ Arvind Kumar, aged about 22 years, son of Late Banshi Yadav, resident of Village Bara, P.O. Rikhiyahat, P.S. Rikhiya, District Deoghar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Ms. Kavita Kumari, Advocate Ms. Rajni Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ------ 02/06.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Rikhiya P.S. Case No. 129 of 2023, registered for the offence under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the name of the petitioner has come only on the confessional statement. She also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 7 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement. 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 7 of the petition, 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, Deoghar, in connection with Rikhiya P.S. Case No. 129 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 06.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 08.07.2026