( 2026:JHHC:25933 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 4879 of 2026 Krishna Kumar @ Khaja, aged about 25 years, son of Jageshwar Sahu, resident of village-Near Jagarnathpur Temple, New Colony, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Gaurav Abhishekh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Suraj Deo Munda, A.P.P. 02/ 28.08.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Dhurwa P.S. Case No. 198 of 2024, registered under sections 147, 341, 323, 325 of I.P.C, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has earlier moved before this Court in A.B.A. No.6941 of 2025 which was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 10.12.2025 with liberty to move before the learned court and thereafter the petitioner again filed anticipatory bail petition before the learned court however, the learned Sessions Judge has been pleased to reject the said anticipatory bail petition. He submits thereafter the petitioner has filed the present anticipatory bail stating that there is fresh ground to entertain the anticipatory bail application. 4. Learned counsel for the State submits that earlier on merit the petitioner has argued the matter and thereafter the Court was not convinced and in view of that the said anticipatory bail application was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to move before the learned court and further the petitioner is having criminal antecedents and in view of that this ( 2026:JHHC:25933 ) anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. There is no doubt that second anticipatory bail application can be entertained if there is fresh ground and if there is no fresh ground and even in argument no fresh ground is argued, in that situation the second anticipatory bail application can not be entertained. Further the petitioner is having criminal antecedents Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is hereby rejected. Dt.28.08.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-