2026:JHHC:13135 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2024 of 2026 ---- Vijay Saw, aged about 52 years, son of Late Itwari Saw, resident of Village Mahathadih, PO and PS Domchanch, District Koderma .... Petitioner -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Randhir Kumar, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, Advocate ---- 2/04.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioner and for State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Domchanch PS Case No.103 of 2025, for offence registered under section 115(2), 118(1), 117(1), 126(1), 303(2), 109(1), 79, 324(1), 351(2), 352/3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma. 3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the altercation took place due to land dispute and the allegations are there of cutting crops and taking away the same. He submits that even the injury is found to be simple in nature and the matter was further solved in the Panchayati however, the FIR has been lodged later on 13.11.2025 for the alleged occurrence of 12.11.2025 and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.14. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the 2026:JHHC:13135 2 allegations are there of assault and the petitioner is also named in the FIR. 5. Considering that the altercation took place due to land dispute and the allegations are made of cutting the crops and taking away the same, and the injury is said to be simple and the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, 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 the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Koderma, in connection with Domchanch PS Case No.103 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 04.05.2026 SI/