( 2026:JHHC:28868 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 5374 of 2026 ------ Rabindra Nath Pandey, aged about 58 years, Son of Late Ramnaresh Pandey, Resident of Village+P.O. –Semra, P.S. – Chainpur, District –Palamau. … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ------ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Jai Shankar Tripathi, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kr. Sinha, Addl. P.P. ------ Order No.02 Dated- 24.09.2026 Heard the parties. Apprehending his arrest, the petitioner has moved this Court for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail in connection with Naudiha Bazar P.S. Case No.45 of 2024 registered under sections 316(2), 318(4), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023 and under Section 25 of MANREGA Act. The Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and his prayer for anticipatory bail has been rejected by the learned Additional Sessions Judge –II, Palamau because of his failing to establish any apprehension of being arrested in connection with a non-bailable offence. Hence, it is submitted that the petitioner be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Learned Addl. P.P. on the other hand vehemently opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the fact that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the petitioner has failed to establish any apprehension of his being arrested in connection with any non-bailable offence, this Court is of the considered view that this is not a fit case where the above-named petitioner be given the privilege of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of privilege of anticipatory bail of the above-named petitioner is rejected. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) 24.09.2026 Sonu/