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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
A.B.A. No. 4645 of 2026
Anand Kumar Yadav aged about 29 years, son of Kailash Yadav, resident of Village- Baddiha, P.O.- Lokai, P.S. & District- Koderma.
..... … Petitioner
Versus The State of Jharkhand
..... … Opposite Party
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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI
------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate. For the State
: Mr. Rakesh Kumar, A.P.P. ------
05/ 14.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 73 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 109(1), 303(2), 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma.
3.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and there are general and omnibus allegation against this petitioner. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioner.
4.
Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there against all the accused persons of making assault, pursuant to that the injury has been received by the son of the informant and further injury is also there on the eyebrow. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected.
5.
On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that the petitioner and others were hiding themselves and when the son of the informant
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reached there, they started assaulting him and the allegation of making assault is against all the accused persons, pursuant to that the son of the informant has received the injury on his eyebrow also and further it has come in the order of the learned Sessions judge that the petitioner is having criminal antecedents.
6.
In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected.
7.
It is made clear that if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court by way of filing the appropriate petition, the learned trial court will decide the same in accordance with law without prejudice to this order.
(Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-14.08.2026 Amitesh/-