2026:JHHC:19750 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3527 of 2026 ------ Rahul Kumar Gupta, aged about 24 years, son of Mantu Saw, resident of 172, East Bhagatdih, near R.S.P. College, P.O. and P.S. Jharia, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Saurabh Shekhar, Advocate Mr. Anurag Kumar, Advocate Mr. Dhurva Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumar, 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 Jharia P.S. Case No. 327 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 336(4), 340(2), 61(2) and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that false allegation has been made against the petitioner of felicitating to provide admit card, mobile phone, educational certificate as well as question paper of Constable Recruitment Examination. He further submits that the said allegation is made against 13 named accused persons. He next submits that same allegation is made against Raj Shekhar Goswami and he has been granted anticipatory bail by the learned Sessions Judge in A.B.P. No.05 of 2026. He further submits that this is a case of criminal conspiracy and there is no specific allegation against the petitioner. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 13 of the bail petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of felicitating the documents as alleged in the FIR to different candidates and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 2026:JHHC:19750 5. Considering that in identical situation, learned Sessions Judge has been pleased to grant anticipatory bail to the co-accused namely Raj Shekhar Goswami and he is said to be the owner of the lodge where the said conspiracy is alleged to be made and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in para 13 of the bail 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Jharia P.S. Case No. 327 of 2025, 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 09.07.2026