2026:JHHC:20783 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3810 of 2026 ------ Shankar Yadav @ Bodu, aged about 46 years, son of Late Shukur Yadav, resident of Karkend Khatal, P.O. Kusunda, P.S. Putki, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra, A.P.P. ------ 02/14.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Putki P.S. Case No. 02 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 109, 117(2), 132, 352, 351(2), 61(2) and 324(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that allegations are there of pelting stones by two rival groups upon each other and further both the sides have blocked the road. He next submits that injuries are said to be simple in nature and no specific allegation is there against the petitioner and there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons. He then submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para 21 of the petition. He further submits that in identical situation, co- accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. No.2944 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of pelting stones. 5. Looking into the contents of the FIR, it transpires that there is allegation of pelting stones upon each other by two rival groups and further they have blocked the road and there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons and it is not clear, what role has been played by the petitioner and also the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para 21 of the 2026:JHHC:20783 petition and the co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this court in the aforesaid A.B.A., 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 Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Putki P.S. Case No. 02 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 14.07.2026 Anit Uploaded 15.07.2026