2026:JHHC:1257 --1-- A.B.A. No. 175 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI A.B.A. No. 175 of 2026 ---- 1. Pradip Banerjee, aged about 40 years, son of Swapan Banerjee 2. Ranjit Kumbhakar, aged about 35 years, son of Dugai Kumbhakar 3. Karan Singh, aged about 28 years, son of Kailash Singh 4. Ambuj Kumbhakar, aged about 49 years, son of Rishikesh Kumbhakar 5. Ranbijay Kumbhakar, aged about 29 years, son of Gour Kumbhakar 6. Dugai @ Bhairab Kumbhakar @ Bhairab Chandra Kumbhakar, aged about 50 years, son of Fatik Kumbhakar All are resident of village – Bhaljoria, PO and PS – Nirsa, District - Dhanbad .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. R.S. Mazumdar, Sr. Advocate :- Mr. Nishant Roy, Advocate For the State :- Mrs. Ruby Pandey, Advocate ---- 02/16.01.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners as well as the learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Nirsa P.S. Case No.337 of 2023, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 306/34 of Indian Penal Code pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that 2026:JHHC:1257 --2-- A.B.A. No. 175 of 2026 the petitioners are not named in the FIR and the same has been registered against other accused persons. He further submits that a case being Nirsa P.S. Case No.336 of 2023 has also been instituted by co-accused namely Riya Devi against the father of the informant namely Tapan Das for the offence committed under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code and in the said case the occurrence is of 24.09.2023 which is prior to lodging of the present case and the present case is nothing but a malicious prosecution instituted against the petitioners and others. He then submits that relating to said Nirsa PS Case No.336 of 2023 panchayati was held in the village and the persons, who have attended the panchayati, have been made accused in the present case. He next submits that the named accused persons in the present case have been granted anticipatory bail in ABA No.3659 of 2024 with ABA No.3673 of 2024. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the name of the petitioners has been surfaced in the course of investigation. 5. It transpires from the record that the deceased happened to be the accused in a rape case being Nirsa PS Case No.336 of 2023 and panchayat has taken certain action against him pursuant to that he has committed suicide and thereafter the present case has been lodged. The petitioners are not named in the FIR and five named accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid ABAs. In the attending facts and circumstances of this 2026:JHHC:1257 --3-- A.B.A. No. 175 of 2026 case, 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 three 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, Dhanbad in connection with Nirsa P.S. Case No.337 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 16.01.2026 Sangam/