( 2026:JHHC:11465 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 1567 of 2026 1. Sri Mohan Saw @ Madan Saw, aged about 30 years, son of Damodar Saw, resident of village-Hotai, P.O. Asehar, P.S. Panki, District-Palamau 2. Vikash Singh, aged about 26 years, son of Mukhtiyar Singh, resident of village Dwarika, P.O. Dwarika, P.S. Panki, District-Palamau, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Advocate For the Informant : Mr. Sheo Kr. Singh, Advocate 04/ 20.04.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 157 of 2025, registered under sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) and 3 (5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned J.M. Ist Class, Palamau. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is purchaser and allegations are made that petitioner no.2 has sold the land to petitioner no.1 on forged caste certificate and forged genealogical table. He next submits that petitioner no.2 is the descendant of raiyat Naimangal Koiari. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsels for the State and informant oppose the prayer and submit that allegations are there of forging genealogical table and nature of caste. They next submit that by way of manipulation of caste certificate the petitioner no.2 has sold the land to the petitioner no.1. 5. Considering that only allegation against the petitioner no. 1 is that he is the purchaser of the land and in view of that I am inclined to ( 2026:JHHC:11465 ) grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner no.1 namely, Sri Mohan Saw @ Madan Saw. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner no. 1 is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner no. 1 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 J.M. Ist Class, Palamau, in connection with Panki P.S. Case No. 157 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. 6. So far prayer of anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.2 is concerned, the petitioner no.2 sold the land to petitioner no.1 by way of forging genealogical table and nature of caste and in view of that I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner no.2 7. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioner no.2 with liberty to move before the learned court by way of filing regular bail. 8. Learned counsels for the State and informant have got no objection. 9. Accordingly, anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.2 namely, Vikash Singh, is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. Dt.20.04.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-