( 2026:JHHC:2867 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 608 of 2026 Purushotam Kumar Singh, aged about 22 years, son of Surendra Singh, resident of Golpar Purni Mandap, Ramgarh Kant, Post Ramgarh, Police Station Ramgarh, District-Ramgarh, State-Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shashi Kumar Verma A.P.P. 02/ 04.02.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ramgarh P.S. Case No. 259 of 2024, registered under sections 305 (a), 331(4) and 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramgarh. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that allegation is made of theft in the dwelling house. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in F.I.R and his name has come in the confessional statement. He then submits that on the disclosure of one Shashi Kumar @ Balle, stolen articles have been recovered. He also submits that nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and in identical situation one of the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. NO. 7119 of 2025. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioner has come in the confessional statement. 5. Considering that petitioner is not named in F.I.R, his name has come in the confessional statement, nothing incriminating has been ( 2026:JHHC:2867 ) recovered from the possession of the petitioner and one of the co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ramgarh, in connection with Ramgarh P.S. Case No. 259 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.04.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-