2026:JHHC:13651 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 555 of 2026 ------ 1. Puja Kumari, wife of Shekhar Yadav 2. Shekhar Yadav, son of Suresh Yadav Both are residents of Village Thariyara, P.O. Bichgarha Kusumdih, P.S. Rikhiya, District Deoghar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Sudhansu Kumar Deo, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pathak, A.P.P. ------ 02/07.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Rikhiya P.S. Case No. 100 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 108 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and the deceased has committed suicide. On this ground, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State has opposes the prayer and submits that both the petitioners have instigated to take such step by the deceased and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. In para 32 of the case diary one independent witness- Suresh Mandal has stated that the deceased was having relationship with petitioner no.1 and petitioner no.1 used to take money and ornaments from the deceased and he has also stated that the petitioner no.2 is the husband of petitioner no.1 and he used to instigate the petitioner no.1 to take amount and ornaments from the deceased. It has also been stated that in the Facebook post, the deceased has stated that due to petitioner no.1, she has committed suicide. Thus, there is direct allegation of instigation against these petitioners of forcing the deceased to take such step, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of the petitioners is hereby, rejected. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 11.05.2026