( 2026:JHHC:27031 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 5065 of 2026 Baba Rath @ Afzal Hayat, aged about 37 years, son of Md. Mahmood Alam, resident of Ward No. 21, Kapali, P.O. and P.S. Kapali, District-Seraikella Kharsawan ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Pratik Sen, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kr. Pathak, A.P.P. 02/ 09.09.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chandil P.S. Case No. 80 of 2026, registered under sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 308(5), 3(5) of BNS and under section 27 of the Arms Act, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Chandil. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He next submits that the petitioner was not present at the spot which is fortified by the CCTV installed in the house of the petitioner that petitioner was present at his home at the alleged time of occurrence. He next submits that petitioner has one criminal antecedent i.e. Chandil (Kapali) P.S. Case No. 233 of 2024. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that petitioner is the prime conspirator who has sent his boys at the spot who have fired and entered into free fight between the labourers who were working there and the said altercation took place due to land dispute and in view of that the anticipatory bail of the petitioner may kindly be rejected. ( 2026:JHHC:27031 ) 5. In the F.I.R it is stated that petitioner is the main conspirator who has sent his boys who have fired and entered into free fight between the labourers who were working there and the said altercation took place due to land dispute. Further, the petitioner has one criminal antecedent. 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 hereby rejected. Dt.09.09.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-