2026:JHHC:11488 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 1585 of 2026 1. Hakim Marandi, son of Vakil Marandi, resident of Village Chand Nawadih, P.O. Basaha, P.S. Palojori, District Deoghar, Jharkhand 2. Madhusudan Mandal @ Madhu Mandal, son of Mahadev Mandal, resident of Village Telanga, P.O. Telghara, P.S. Palojori, District Deoghar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Dhirendra Kumar Deo, Mr. Sumit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Santosh Kumar Shukla, A.P.P. ------ 02/20.04.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Palojari P.S. Case No.11 of 2025, for offence registered under section 191(2), 191(3), 190, 132, 115(2), 221, 292, 109, 125(a), 125(b), 285 and 121(2) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, at Madhupur, District Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the member of unlawful assembly in which agitation was going on pursuant to a road accident in which one person has left for his heavenly abode. He next submits that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.9 of the petition. He also submits that the co-accused in identical situation, has already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.1462 of 2026. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners are member of unlawful assembly. 5. Looking to the contents of the FIR, it transpires that allegations are there that 100 to 150 persons were agitating pursuant to a road accident in which one person has left for his heavenly abode and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and the co-accused in identical situation, has already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No.1462 of 2026, the petitioners, above named, are, hereby, directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and learned court shall release the petitioners, above named, on such terms and conditions as well as sureties as the learned court may deem fit and proper. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 21.04.2026