[2026:JHHC:20943] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3805 of 2026 Pawan Kumar @ Pawan Kumar Singh, Son of Damodar Singh, aged about- 33 years, resident of village- Chawdhri Muhalla, Gumo, P.S.- Telaiya, P.O.- Jhumri Telaiya and District- Koderma. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Diwakar Jha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ------ 06/ 15.07.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Telaiya P.S. Case No. 215 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 352/351(2)/115(2)/303(2)/308(2)/324(5)/3 (5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that although the petitioner is named in F.I.R. however, allegations are made that 20-25 persons reached at the spot and threatened the informant and demanded certain amount. He submits that the informant himself is land mafia and a case under section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 has been initiated against the informant. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent. He further submits that in the similar circumstance, four of the other c-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 5445 of 2025 by this court. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided [2026:JHHC:20943] -2- privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of demanding money. 5. Considering that the allegations are made against 20-25 persons, however, petitioner is named in F.I.R, further it has been pointed out that the informant himself is land mafia and it has been pointed out the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and further in the similar circumstance, four other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.A. by this court and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, above named. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma, in connection with Telaiya P.S. Case No. 215 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-15.07.2026 Amitesh/-