2026:JHHC:462 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI ABA No.7541 of 2025 Lala Nayak @ Gautam Kumar Nayak aged about 20 years, S/o Prakash Prasad Nayak @ Prakash Nayak, R/o Village & Post Khetko (Nayak Tola) P.S. Peterwar, District- Bokaro, Jharkhand …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opp. Party -------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pradeep Kr. Nayak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kr. Dubey, APP ------ 2/09.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of Petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with B.T.P.S. Case no. 85/2023 (GR No. 1159/23) for the offences under section 414/34 of the IPC, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the name of petitioner has come in the confessional statement of one Ravi Kumar Yadav. He next submits that petitioner is a student and he recently has appeared in a computer-based test for appointment in Indian Army. He further submits that the petitioner was not present at the time of recovery of the motorcycle from the house of the petitioner. He also submits that the said house is belonging to his father. He further submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 15 of the petition. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come in the confessional 2026:JHHC:462 2 statement. 5. Considering that the petitioner is a student and he is trying to find out a job, it has been pointed out that the house is in the name of his father and the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Para 15 of the petition, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from the date of receipt of the order and on the event of his surrender / arrest, he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty-Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount of each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bermo at Tenughat, in connection with B.T.P.S. Case no. 85/2023 (GR No. 1159/23), subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 7. This Anticipatory Bail Application is accordingly allowed and disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 09.01.2026 R.Kumar