( 2026:JHHC:20753 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 1195 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1195 of 2026 Hem Babu Ray, aged about 28 years, son of Arun Kumar, resident of Village- Rambandhu Talab, P.O. & P.S. Aasansol, District- Burddhman (West Bengal) … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Pankaj Verma, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, A.P.P. ----- 07/14.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Jaridih P.S. Case No.116 of 2025 dated 14.10.2025, registered for the offence under Sections 303(2)/317 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, pending in the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happened to be the owner of pick-up van and the allegations are made of carrying 300 Kgs of aluminum wire. He further submits that two of the apprehended co-accused persons have forcefully loaded the said aluminum wire on the pick-up van and the said pick-up van was being driven by the driver of the said pick-up van. He next submits that since the petitioner is the owner of the pick-up van and in view of that, the name of the petitioner has come. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused. ( 2026:JHHC:20753 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 1195 of 2026 5. Considering that the name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and the said pick-up van was being driven by the driver of the said pick-up van and further, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bermo at Tenughat in connection with Jaridih P.S. Case No.116 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: 14th July, 2026 Ajay/