[2026:JHHC:24423] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4612 of 2026 Kuldeep Mahto, aged about 35 years, S/o Wakil Mahto, R/o Village Siyaljori, P.O. and P.S. Siyaljori, District Bokaro (Jharkhand). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Subodh Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Praful Jojo, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 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 Siyaljori P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 305(e), 317(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and now he has received the notice under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. He next submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-20 of the petition. He further submits that the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. Nos. 2672, 2879 and 4608 of 2026. 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 the petitioner has come in course of investigation. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and [2026:JHHC:24423] -2- now he has received the notice under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and further in the similar circumstance, the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in the aforementioned A.B.As. and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-20 of the petition 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro, in connection with Siyaljori P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-14.08.2026 Amitesh/-