[2026:JHHC:24386] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4608 of 2026 1. Narsingh Mahato @ Narsingh Kumar Mahato, aged about 32 years, S/o late Durjan Mahato, R/o village Siyaljori, Tola Phuchudih, P.O. & P.S. Siyaljori, District Bokaro, Jharkhand. 2. Dhaneshwar Mahato, aged about 30 years, S/o Muralidhar Mahato, R/o village Siyaljori, Tola Bandhuwatand, P.O. & P.S. Siyaljori, District Bokaro, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Advocate. For the State : Mrs. Lily Sahay, A.P.P. ------ 03/ 14.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Siyaljori P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, registered 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 for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are not named in the FIR and now the petitioners have received the notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition. He further submits that two other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. Nos. 2672 and 2879 of 2026. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the [2026:JHHC:24386] -2- prayer and submits that the names of these petitioners have come in course of investigation. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioners are not named in the FIR and now the petitioners have received the notice under Section 35(3) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and further two other co- accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail by this court in the aforementioned A.B.As. and further the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each 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 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-14.08.2026 Amitesh/-