2026:JHHC:27187 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5037 of 2026 ------ Manbodh Kumar, aged about 38 years, son of Ganesh Ganjhu, Resident of Village Ganedra, P.O. and P.S. Kunda, District Chatra, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhishek Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kumar Jha, A.P.P. ------ 02/10.09.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 08 of 2025, registered for the offence under Section 309(6) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and the FIR has been registered against unknown. He further submits that name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement of one Mantu Bharti. He next submits that co-accused in identical situation has been granted anticipatory bail by this court in A.B.A. No.4831 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement. 5. In the FIR, the informant has stated that he is not knowing the persons against whom the allegations are made and name of the petitioner has come on the confessional statement and co-accused in identical situation has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A., in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chatra, in connection with Kunda P.S. Case No. 08 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 10.09.2026 Anit Uploaded 11.09.2026