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2026 DAILYLAW 19368 (JHR)

HERO KUMAR v. STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./3595/2026 · 2026-07-08

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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( 2026:JHHC:20082 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3595 of 2026 Hero Kumar, aged about 25 years, son of Prem Mahto, resident of village Khetko, P.O. and P.S. Bagodar, District-Giridih ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Shailendra Kr. Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shailendra Kumar Tiwari, Spl.P.P. 02/ 08.07.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dumri P.S. Case No. 113 of 2023, registered under section 354(C), 500, 506 of I.P.C, Section 67(A) of I.T. Act, pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-II-cum-Spl. Judge (Cyber Crime), Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He next submits that petitioner has not used the photograph of the informant and put the same on social media. He submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 7 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations are there against the petitioner of putting the naked photograph of the informant along with another person on social media. 5. From perusal of F.I.R it transpires that serious allegations are there against the petitioner of putting the obscene photograph of the informant along with another person on social media which has taken the privacy of the informant. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not ( 2026:JHHC:20082 ) inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. Dt.08.07.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-