( 2026:JHHC:20292 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3670 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3670 of 2026 Mukhtar @ Md. Mukhtar Ali, aged about 40 years, S/o Late Bhola Ansari @ Md. Akhtar Ali, R/o Near Masjid, Kenduadih, P.O. Kenduadih, P.S. Kenduadih, Dist.- Dhanbad … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mrs. Rashmi Lal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. ----- 02/09.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Putki P.S. Case No.33/2026, registered for the offence under Sections 331(4), 305(a), 62, 61, 238 of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. She further submits that the petitioner was not present on the spot. She then submits that poisonous gas was leaked from C.P.P. Plant of B.C.C.L. and pursuant to that, several persons have been affected. She next submits that if any case is made out that is against the officer(s) of the B.C.C.L. and the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioner was alleged to be present on the spot. 5. Considering that the said leakage of gas was from C.P.P. Plant of B.C.C.L. and due to that, several persons have been affected and so far as the petitioner is concerned, he is only named in the FIR, but what is the role ( 2026:JHHC:20292 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3670 of 2026 of this petitioner in leakage of the gas, is not disclosed in the FIR 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad in connection with Putki P.S. Case No.33/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 9th July, 2026 Ajay/