( 2026:JHHC:22521 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 4036 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4036 of 2026 Dinbandhu Kumar @ Dinbandhu Kumar Mandal, aged 21 years, S/o Binod Mandal, resident of Village- Raundhiya, P.O. Raundhiya, P.S. Saraiyahat, Raksa, District- Dumka (Jharkhand) … Petitioner -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. X … Opposite Parties ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Ms. Sushma Aind, A.P.P. ----- 04/30.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No.55/2026, registered for the offence under Sections 74, 79, 352, 126(2), 351(3) and 3(5) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. He further submits that it is unbelievable that the petitioner climbed on the roof of the informant and, thereafter, molested her. He then submits that false allegations are made only due to village politics. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 14 of this application. He also submits that the petitioner is an Under Graduate student. To buttress this argument, he refers supplementary affidavit, wherein, marks statement of Jharkhand Academic Council with regard to the petitioner is annexed at Annexure-A. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioner. ( 2026:JHHC:22521 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 4036 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of molestation. 5. From the supplementary affidavit, it transpires that the petitioner is a student and he is having no criminal antecedent. The argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner, with regard to the allegation of climb on the roof, is having force. 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dumka in connection with Saraiyahat P.S. Case No.55/2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 30th July, 2026 Ajay/