2026:JHHC:24676 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4561 of 2026 ------ Ritesh Upadhyay @ Raj Upadhyay, aged about 34 years, son of Naval Kishor Upadhyay, residing at 229/2/3, Chhota Govindpur, Jamshedpur, Bara Gobindpur, Gobindpur Housing Colony, P.O. and P.S. Gobindpur, Town Jamshedpur, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Amit Kumar Das, Senior Advocate Mr. Vineet Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kumar Jha, A.P.P. ------ 02/17.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Golmuri P.S. Case No. 43 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 331(4), 305, 326(g), 238, 316(2), 61(2), 324(5) and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur. 3. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner happens to be the Manager of Heera Inn Hotel in the city of Jamshedpur. He submits that the petitioner has worked on the fateful night till 01:00 a.m. and thereafter, he has retired. He further submits the petitioner was demanding his due money from the proprietor of the said hotel and for that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case alleging that the petitioner was involved in theft of laptop of the hotel. He next submits that one Abhishek Singh has stayed in the said hotel and he has made a mischief and subsequently, the said laptop has been recovered from the possession of mother of Abhishek Singh and to buttress his argument, he refers to seizure list. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the allegations are there that the petitioner was involved in the said theft. 2026:JHHC:24676 5. Considering that the petitioner was the Manager of the said hotel and he was demanding his due and it has been pointed that the petitioner has been falsely implicated however, the said laptop has been recovered from the possession of mother of Abhishek Singh, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Jamshedpur, in connection with Golmuri P.S. Case No. 43 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 17.08.2026 Anit Uploaded 20.08.2026