2026:JHHC:27507 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.4609 of 2026 ---- Sanika Munda @ Bhonj Mundu, aged about 28 years, Son of Late Raut Mundu @ Late Rout Munda, Resident of Village Haradlama, Haralma, P.O.-Kander & P.S. – Arki, District – Khunti. …. …. Petitioner(s) Versus The State of Jharkhand …. …. Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ---- For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Gaurav, Adv. For the State : Mr. Jitendra Pandey, A.P.P. ---- 05/Dated: 11th September, 2026 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Arki P.S. Case No.34 of 2025 for the alleged offences registered under Sections 103(1), 238 & 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khunti. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated. His name has come in this case from the confessional statement. The petitioner was not involved in the murder of the deceased. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the apprehended co-accused persons have taken the name of the petitioner and stated that the petitioner was involved in murdering the deceased namely Sukhram Purti. 5. Considering that this is a case of murder and the apprehended co-accused persons have taken the name of the petitioner and that has come in paragraph no.56 of the case diary and further in paragraph nos.45 and 101 of the supplementary case diary, again the name of the petitioner has come. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of this case, I am not inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the present anticipatory bail application is hereby rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th September, 2026 Amar/- Uploaded on 16.09.2026