[2026:JHHC:25539] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4815 of 2026 Abhinash Kumar Mahato, aged about 42 years, son of Satrudhan Mahato, resident of Village Paharpur, P.O. & P.S. Baliapur, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Pradyout Chatterjee, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, P.P. ------ 03/ 24.08.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Baliapur P.S. Case No. 143 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 353, 341, 342, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and there are general and omnibus allegations of making altercation with the police personnel. He next submits that in the identical situation, the other co- accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. Nos. 11228 and 11299 of 2022 and A.B.A. Nos. 434, 2128, 2809, 3652 and 8072 of 2023. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition. 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 petitioner was the member of unlawful assembly. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that there are general [2026:JHHC:25539] -2- and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including this petitioner and in the identical situation, other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.As. and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 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, Dhanbad, in connection with Baliapur P.S. Case No. 143 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-24.08.2026 Amitesh/-