[ 2026:JHHC:677] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 52 of 2026 1. Magaram Singh Ghatwar, aged about 63 years, 2. Durga Singh Ghatwar, aged about 61 years, 3. Arun Singh Ghatwar, aged about 57 years, 4. Shakti Singh Ghatwar, aged about 56 years, 5. Ajit Singh Ghatwar, aged about 50 years All S/o Lt. Khedan Singh Ghatwar, 6. Santosh Singh Ghatwar, aged about 38 years, S/o Magaram Singh Ghatwar All R/o of Village Bolbendi, Post Khamarbendi, P.S. Pindrajora, District Bokaro, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand. ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Someshwar Roy, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Tejaswa Mohanta, Advocate. ------ 03/ 12.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Pindrajora P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025, registered for the offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 303(2), 308(5), 352, 351(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioner Nos. 1 to 5 are own brothers and petitioner No. 6 is the son of petitioner No. 1. He next submits that the petitioners are the khatiyani raiyats and fraudulently the land of the petitioners have been taken by the informant. He further submits that false case has been [ 2026:JHHC:677] -2- lodged against the petitioners of demanding extortion and not to allow him to go on the land in question. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of demand of extortion. 5. It transpires that the petitioners are the members of scheduled caste and their land is not transferable in light of the restrictions made in the CNT Act and allegations are there that the informant is the owner of the said land, wherein Annexure-2 series of the petition clearly suggests that the said lands are in the name of ancestors of the petitioners, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within four weeks from today, and in the event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bokaro, in connection with Pindrajora P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-12.01.2026 Amitesh/-