[2026:JHHC:10925] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1664 of 2026 Prakash Kumar, aged about 40 years, Son of Jhaman Saw R/O village-Jugra Dari Kala P.O.-Barkagaon, P.S- Barkagaon, district Hazaribag (Jharkhand). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. Jalaj Pati Tiwari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 16.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barkagaon P.S. Case No. 231 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 190, 191(2), 115(2), 126(2), 132 and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that agitation was going on for rehabilitation of affected persons whose land has been acquired in the project of NTPC. He further submits that the allegation is there against 25 persons. He then submits that the petitioner was not involved in the said agitation and he was only standing nearby and in view of that the petitioner has been implicated. He next submits that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph No.10 of the petition. He further submits that in the similar circumstance, two of the other co-accused persons have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 1343 of 2026 by this court. [2026:JHHC:10925] -2- 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of stopping the conveyor belt, which is meant for transporting the coal. 5. Considering that the petitioner was said to be standing near the agitation place and the agitation was going on for rehabilitation by the villagers pursuant to the project of NTPC and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition and in the similar circumstance, the other two of the co-accused have already been provided the privilege of anticipatory bail in the aforementioned A.B.A, in that view of the matter, the petitioner, named above, is directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioner on such terms and conditions or the sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-16.04.2026 Amitesh/-