2026:JHHC:11865 1 A.B.A. No. 1884 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 1884 of 2026 ---- Bechit Kunwar @ Vichitravir Kumar, aged about 50 years, son of Pushaplal Kumar, resident of Village Jivankhunteri, Post Office Bhagaiya, PS Thakurganti, District Godda, Jharkhand .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Ranjan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Azeemuddin, Advocate ---- 2/22.04.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Meharma PS Case No.203 of 2025, for offence registered under section 351(2), 351(3), 352 of the BNS, 2023 read with section 25(1-B)a, 26 of the Arms Act, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Godda. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the wife of the informant is Mukhia of Tetariya panchayat and the informant has misused the official power of Mukhia and the petitioner has objected to the same and further there is land dispute between them and they are agnets and false allegations are made of keeping arms and even the police has not found the arms and the informant, who happened to be husband of the Mukhia has lodged 2026:JHHC:11865 2 A.B.A. No. 1884 of 2026 the FIR. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that arms were recovered. 5. Considering that arms were not recovered by the police and from the seizure list, it transpires that the arms were not recovered from the possession of the informant. In column 4 of the seizure list, it has been disclosed that the said arms were recovered from one Jheri Kunwar, and in the attending facts and circumstances of the present case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, the petitioner, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand), with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Godda, in connection with Meharma PS Case No.203 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 22.04.2026 SI/