2026:JHHC:27680 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No.4755 of 2026 ----- 1. Bhiku Dhari @ Vikramaditya Kumar 2. Chotu Dhari @ Ranjeet Kumar Both sons of Late Kirshana Bagi @ Dhari, resident of Laxmi Colony, P.O. Khasjeena Gora, P.S. Jorapokhar, District Dhanbad. … … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party ---- CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ---- For the Petitioner: Mr. Kalyan Banerjee, Advocate For the State: Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma, A.P.P. ---- 04 /14.09.2026: This anticipatory bail application under Sections 482 and 484 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 has been filed by the petitioners, apprehending their arrest in connection with Jorapokhar Police Station Case No.175 of 2023, for offences alleged under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dhanbad. 2. Prayer for grant of anticipatory bail of the petitioners was earlier rejected by an order dated 29.04.2025 passed in A.B.A. No.5549 of 2024. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 5. Pursuant to the earlier order dated 11.09.2026, Senior Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad is virtually present before this Court. 6. The present First Information Report being Jorapokhar Police Station Case No.175 of 2023 was lodged on the basis of a fardbeyan of the informant Ashok Kumar Singh. The offence alleged is murder of his son and he has also stated that he could come to know that (1) Raja @ Dholu, (2) Jagdish, (3) Shiv, (4) Swarnkamal, (5) Jishu Singh, (6) Vishal Nonia @ Honey, (7) Viplav Rai and some other 8-10 ladies 2026:JHHC:27680 -: 2 :- of Laxmi Colliery in collusion had called son of the informant to the said place and had assaulted him with sharp weapons to death. Petitioners’ involvement in the offence transpired from the confessional statements of co-accused, on whose confession the murder weapon was recovered. 7. Earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioners was rejected on 29.04.2026 after fully considering the facts of the case. In this successive application, petitioners take a plea that co-accused namely Papu Kumar @ Pappu Dhari has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.2928 of 2025 by an order dated 03.06.2025 passed by a Coordinate Bench of this Court. Petitioners contend that their case is on similar footing to that of Papu Kumar @ Pappu Dhari, who has been granted anticipatory bail. 8. Instant case arises out of Jorapokhar Police Station Case No. 175 of 2023, which needs investigation. Considering the allegation that this is a case, which may need custodial interrogation as the allegation revolves around assault and murder of the deceased using firearms, sharp edged weapons and other objects, wherein the petitioners’ involvement in the offence transpired from the confessional statements of co-accused, namely, Jagjeet Kumar Paswan, Rahul Kumar Paswan, Gautam Kumar Paswan and others, based on whose statement, the murder weapon was recovered from the possession of some other co- accused, who also have stated about the involvement of these petitioners. 9. Nature of allegation needs proper investigation, as such it does not warrant grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Further, no new grounds have been urged by the petitioners, which warrant reconsideration of the order by which earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioners has been rejected. In fact, from the arguments of the petitioners, this Court gets a feeling that this application is for the purpose of reviewing the earlier order. The earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was rejected on 29.04.2026, whereas the co-accused Papu Kumar @ Pappu Dhari has been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court on 03.06.2025 and it is also not apparent from the records that the fact of rejection of anticipatory bail application of the petitioners was brought before the Coordinate Bench. Moreover, the order passed on a later 2026:JHHC:27680 -: 3 :- date by a Coordinate Bench granting bail to a co-accused cannot be a ground for review of the earlier order rejecting anticipatory bail application of the petitioner. 10. Considering all the aspects including the nature of allegation as also the fact that warrants of arrest have been issued against the petitioners, this is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail of the petitioners in connection with Jorapokhar Police Station Case No.175 of 2023, pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dhanbad, is hereby rejected. 11. This Anticipatory Bail Application is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioners are directed to surrender before the Court below. 12. Appearance of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Dhanbad is dispensed with. (Ananda Sen, J.) Ranchi Dated 14th September, 2026 Kumar/Cp-03 Uploaded on 18.09.2026