2026:JHHC:21433 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3943 of 2026 ---- 1. Chhutu Mahto @ Chhotu Mahto, aged about 52 yrs, s/o Sarju Mahto, r/o Bagda, PO & PS Kasmar, Dist. Bokaro 2. Manoj Mahto @ Manoj Kumar Mahto, aged about 42 yrs, s/o Kisto Mahto, r/o Near Hanuman Mandir, Bagda, PO & PS Kasmar, Dist. Bokaro 3. Mukesh KUmar Prajapati @ Mukesh Kumar Mahto, aged about 52 yrs, s/o Sarju Mahto, r/o Bagda, PO & PS Kasmar, Dist. Bokaro .... Petitioners -- Versus – State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner: - Mr. Anjani Nandan, Advocate For the State:- Mr. Praful Jojo, APP ---- 02/20.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Kasmar P.S. Case No.32 of 2021,corresponding to G.R. No. 405 of 2021, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 188, 323, 325,307, 332, 333, 337, 338, 353, 379, 427, 504, 506 of IPC, Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to the Public Property Act, 1984 and Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case and have not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. He next submits that there are allegations that 300-400 men including these petitioners and about 50-60 women tried to kill one Ajit Kumar Pandey the driver of the Scorpio Vehicle bearing Registration No. JH09AA 3450 who had hit two children riding a cycle on 29.03.2021. They also blocked the main road and obstructed the police officials in discharging their official duties and allegedly damaged several vehicles that is the allegation. He next submits that the address of the petitioners disclosed in the FIR is not correct. He further submits that nineteen co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 2026:JHHC:21431 19.08.2024 passed in A.B.A. No. 4089 of 2024. He further submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent which has been stated in paragraph no.20 of the anticipatory bail application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that petitioners are the members of unlawful assembly. On this ground, the anticipatory bail of the petitioners’ may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, I am inclined to allow this anticipatory bail application. Accordingly, the above named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat in connection with Kasmar P.S. Case No.32 of 2021,corresponding to G.R. No. 405 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 20.07.2026 Anjali/- Uploaded…./07/2026