1. Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katras (East Basuria) P.S. Case No.279 of 2025, for offence registered under section 310(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad.

3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement of the apprehended coaccused and recovery of article has also been made from the possession of the said person and in the order of the learned Sessions Judge, it has come that the coaccused have got criminal antecedent.

4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement.

5. Considering that name of the petitioner has come on confessional statement and nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and in the order of the learned Sessions Judge, it has come that the coaccused is having criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner.

6. Accordingly, petitioner, above named, is hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of his surrender/arrest, 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Katras (East Basuria) P.S. Case No.279 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.