( 2026:JHHC:24930 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3541 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3541 of 2026 1. Rohit Gope, aged about 23 years, son of Soharai Gope 2. Suraj Gope, aged about 26 years, son of Sudama Gope 3. Arun Kachhap, aged about 26 years, son of Digo Kachhap 4. Rupesh Gope, aged about 26 years, son of Kisun Gope Resident of Balsiring, Hatia, P.O. Hatia, P.S. Dhurwa (T), District- Ranchi … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Subodh Kumar Dubey, A.P.P. ----- 03/19.08.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dhurwa (Hatia) P.S. Case No.82 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 103(1), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are not named in the FIR. He further submits that the FIR has been lodged against Jagarnath Gope @ Bablu Gope. He then submits that the petitioners have been implicated in the case only on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused, namely, Jagarnath Gope @ Bablu Gope who made his statement before the police. He next submits that on the alleged date of occurrence, the petitioners had gone out of Ranchi to attend a Barat with many people. He also submits that in the FIR itself, it has been stated that the deceased entered into the house of Jagarnath Gope @ Bablu Gope with intention of theft and on raising alarm by the family members of ( 2026:JHHC:24930 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3541 of 2026 Jagarnath Gope, deceased fled away and fallen in the well. The witnesses, namely, Lakhan Mahli, Monika Devi and other witnesses have also stated so in the case diary. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted to the petitioners. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the names of the petitioners have come on confessional statement. 5. In the FIR itself, it has been stated that the police have informed the informant that the deceased has entered in the house of Jagarnath Gope @ Bablu Gope with intention of theft. When the family members of the co- accused were chasing him, deceased was fleeing away and fallen in the well. Further, independent witnesses in the case diary have also stated so. The petitioners are having no criminal antecedent, as disclosed in paragraph 16 of this application. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in connection with Dhurwa (Hatia) P.S. Case No.82 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: 19th August, 2026 Ajay/