[2026:JHHC:25192] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4766 of 2026 Md. Raza (@Md. Shoiab, aged about 24 years, son of Sadiuddin Ansari, resident of Village Huwag, P.O. and P.S. Mandu, District Ramgarh, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate. For the State : Mr. S.K. Shukla, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 20.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with RIT P.S. Case No. 146 of 2021, registered for the offence under Sections 302, 201, 120-B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of apprehended co-accused. He next submits that the occurrence is said to be dated 19.03.2021, wherein the FIR has been lodged on 10.08.2021. He next submits earlier the prayer for anticipatory bail of four of the other co- accused have already been rejected by the co-ordinate bench of this court in A.B.A. No. 998 of 2022, however, those persons are named in the FIR and subsequently, they have been granted regular bail by the High Court. 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 name of this petitioner has come on the confessional statement. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and further the occurrence is said to be dated 19.03.2021, wherein the FIR has been lodged on 10.08.2021 and so far as the other co-accused persons, [2026:JHHC:25192] -2- who are named in the FIR are concerned, initially their prayer for anticipatory bail was rejected by the co-ordinate bench of this court, however, subsequently, they have been granted regular bail by the high court and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned court within four weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty-five thousand), with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Seraikella, in connection with RIT P.S. Case No. 146 of 2021, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-20.08.2026 Amitesh/-