2026:JHHC:1704 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 330 of 2026 Md. Sahil @ Sahil Khan, aged about 24 years, son of Md. Imtiyaz, resident of village- Jalwabad, near Urdu Middle School, P.O. & P.S.- Koderma, District- Koderma. … Petitioner -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Lily Sahay, A.P.P. ----- 02/22.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Koderma P.S. Case No. 85 of 2022, registered for the offence under Sections 147, 149, 341, 332, 337, 353 and 504 of the IPC, pending in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners are not named in the FIR and the allegations are made that 10-15 persons came out of the mosque and started pelting stones on the occasion of the Ramnavami procession. He further submits that the said procession was being escorted by the police personnel. He also submits that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no. 13 of the petition. He then submits that three of co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA Nos. 4807 of 2022 and 4142 of 2023. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations are there of pelting stones on the religious procession. 5. Considering that there are general and omnibus allegations of pelting stones against all the accused persons and three of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABAs and the 2026:JHHC:1704 2 petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma in connection Koderma P.S. Case No. 85 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 22nd January, 2026 Vedanti/-