2026:JHHC:20684 --1-- A.B.A. No. 3761 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3761 of 2026 ---- Gautam Kumar @ Gautam Kumar Mehta @ Gotam Kumar @ Gotam Kumar Mehta @ Goutam Kumar, aged about 21 years, son of Mahendra Prasad Mehta @ Mahendra Prasad Mahato @ Mahendra Prasad, resident of Pabra, near Shiv Mandir, Hazaribag, PO and PS -Hazaribag, District – Hazaribag, State – Jharkhand, 825319 .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Pratik Sen, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, Advocate ---- 02/13.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katkamdag P.S. Case No.241 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 111(2)(b), 111(6), 111(7), 112(2), 317(4), 317(5) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-X, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the name of the petitioner has come only on the confessional statement. He further submits that even the alleged motorcycle has been recovered from the distant place of the house of the petitioner. On these backgrounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be 2026:JHHC:20684 --2-- A.B.A. No. 3761 of 2026 allowed. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioner happened to be member of gang, who is involved in stealing motorcycle in the city and from another place and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that two of the apprehended co-accused persons, who have been examined by the police they have informed that they are the members of the gang, who are involved in stealing motorcycle and the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and nearby the house of the petitioner one stolen motorcycle has been recovered. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner, hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 13.07.2026 Sangam/