A.B.A./5213/2026 of X Vs STATE OF JHARKHAND on 21 September 2026

1. XXXX

2. XXXX

.... Petitioners -- Versus --

The State of Jharkhand

.... Opposite Party

---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI

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For the Petitioners :- Mr. Rajnandan Chatterjee, Advocate

For the State

:- Mr. V.S. Sahay, Advocate

For the Informant :- Mr. Manoj Kumar No.-II, Advocate

---- 2/21.09.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pandu PS Case No.24 of 2026, for offence registered under section 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 76, 115(2), 117(2), 118(2), 109(1) and 303(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned J.M.F.C., Palamau.

3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that there is land dispute between both the sides and they are agnates and due to that altercation took place and he next submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against the petitioners, and in that view of the matter, the petitioners may kindly be granted anticipatory bail.

4. Learned State counsel as well as learned counsel for the informant jointly oppose the prayer and submit that there is allegation of assault and pursuant to that, husband of the informant has received grievous injury and in view of that they submit that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected.

5. On perusal of the FIR, it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons,

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however, injury is said to be grievous upon the husband of the informant and that allegation is made against other accused persons also who are the male members. The petitioner no.1 is a lady member of the family and in view of that I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.1-Nita Devi, and accordingly, petitioner no.1-Nita Devi is, hereby, directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of her surrender/arrest, petitioner no.1-Nita Devi, 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 J.M.F.C., Palamau, in connection with Pandu PS Case No.24 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.

6. So far as petitioner no.2 is concerned, the same allegation is made against Ram Shankar Shukla, Divyansh Shukla, Raghvendra Shukla as well as petitioner no.2 as grievous injury has been received by the husband of the informant, and in view of that, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.2-Hariom Shukla. As such, the prayer for anticipatory bail with respect to petitioner no.2- Hariom Shukla is, hereby, rejected.

7. It is made clear that if the petitioner no.2 moves before the learned court concerned and files appropriate petition, the same will be decided in accordance with law without prejudice to this order.

( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 21.09.2026 SI/