[2026:JHHC:26478] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 4165 of 2026 Prem Gope, aged about 30 years, S/o- Lalku Gope, R/O- Vill-Kolambi, P.O- Saparom, P.S.- Nagri, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Mohit Prakash, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha, A.P.P. ------ 06/ 02.09.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nagri P.S. Case No. 75 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 111(3), 308(4) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 25(1-B)(a), 25(6), 26, 27, 35 of the Arms Act, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ranchi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and the name of the petitioner has come only on the basis of confessional statement. He next submits that the petitioner is having the criminal antecedent. 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 present at the spot and further serious allegations are made of threatening the land owner and even the firing was made by one of the co-accused. He next submits that the petitioner is having the criminal antecedent. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In the FIR, the petitioner is named and allegations are made of firing by one of the co-accused and further the allegation of [2026:JHHC:26478] -2- threatening the land owner is against the petitioner and in para-3 of the case diary, it has come that this petitioner was also having the weapon and in paras-11, 12 and 13 of the case diary, the other witnesses have also reiterated the statement about the involvement of the petitioner. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-02.09.2026 Amitesh/-