2026:JHHC:24078 --1-- A.B.A. No. 4500 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4500 of 2026 ---- Kamal Verma, aged about 60 years, son of Suraj Verma, resident of near Vidya Nagar Road No.3, Harmu, PO and PS – Sukhdevnagar, District – Ranchi, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Sr. Advocate :- Mr. Deepankar, Advocate :- Mr. Sonal Tiwary, Advocate :- Mr. Shray Mishra, Advocate :- Mr. Ritesh Ranjan, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Arup Kr. Dey, Advocate ---- 02/12.08.2026 Heard senior learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hindpiri P.S. Case No.44 of 2026, for the alleged offences registered under Section 137(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that allegation is made against the petitioner that husband of the informant has handed over the newly born child of the informant to the petitioner. He further submits that daughter of this petitioner was also admitted in the same nursing home where she has also 2026:JHHC:24078 --2-- A.B.A. No. 4500 of 2026 been blessed with baby boy. He then submits that birth is said to be taken on 11.11.2025 wherein FIR has been lodged on 14.05.2026. He next submits that this delay in filing of the FIR itself suggests that falsely the petitioner has been implicated as it is unbelievable that mother was not knowing about the child when she is not with her. He also submits that the petitioner has complied the notice under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and cooperating with the investigation and has also produced the baby child of the daughter of this petitioner before the Officer In- charge of Pandra Police Station and that has come in the order of learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits allegations are there of handing over the newly born child of the informant by her husband to the petitioner. 5. Considering that the petitioner is cooperating in the investigation and has also produced the child of his daughter before the Officer In-charge of Pandra Police Station and that has come in the order of learned Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi. Annexure-3 is a document which is Form-44 and that relates to form of restoration order of the said child by the Child Welfare Committee. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed 2026:JHHC:24078 --3-- A.B.A. No. 4500 of 2026 to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today, and in the event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in connection with Hindpiri P.S. Case No.44 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 12.08.2026 Sangam/