[2026:JHHC:4514] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 6854 of 2025 Satyanand Jha @ Bantu Jha, aged about 34 years, son of Amritanand Jha, resident of Village Bihrawaran, Lorhibaran, Malhara, P.O. & P.S. Deoghar, District- Deoghar (Jharkhand). ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Ms. Sharda Kumari, Advocate. For the State : Mrs Vandana Bharti, A.P.P. ------ 04/ 17.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mohanpur P.S. Case No. 207 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 111, 308(5), 310(4), 61(2) and 310(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 25(1-B), (a), 26, 35 of the Arms Act, pending in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Doeghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that it has been alleged that some cash and firearms have been recovered from the premises belonging to the petitioner. She next submits that it has been further alleged that 6-7 unknown persons allegedly escaped from the raiding place. She further submits that the allegations are there of recovery of one Scorpio vehicle and three other motorcycles and said motorcycles are without having the number plates. She also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-13 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that on the secret information, the raid was conducted, from where 6-7 unknown miscreants have managed to flee away taking the benefit of darkness and from the place of occurrence, firearms loaded with two live cartridges, cash amount of Rs. 104150/- [2026:JHHC:4514] -2- and one Scorpio vehicle and three motorcycles without having the number plates have been recovered. 5. It transpires that two live cartridges, cash amount of Rs. 104150/- and one Scorpio vehicle and three motorcycles without having the number plates have been recovered from the house of this petitioner and it has been pointed out that the petitioner is also the member of the gang of other miscreants. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to provide the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. As such, his prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-17.02.2026 Amitesh/-