2026:JHHC:13454 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 2113 of 2026 ---- 1.Lalita Devi aged about 50 years wife of Bikram Chouhan 2.Bikram Chouhan aged about 79 years son of late Basant Chouhan, Both residents of Babudih Pal Nagar, PO PS and District Dhanbad .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Lukesh Kumar , Advocate For the State :- Mr. Santosh Kr Shukla, Advocate ---- 2/06.05.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.45 of 2026, for offence registered under section 115(2), 126(2), 109(1), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that altercation took place due to some money dispute and so far as these petitioners are concerned, they are the mother and father respectively of Pramod Kumar Chauhan @ Pramod Kumar. He next submits that allegations are there against Pramod Kumar Chauhan @ Pramod Kumar of assault and pursuant to that injury has been received by the informant. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.20 of the petition. 2026:JHHC:13454 2 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the petitioner no 1 has handed over the rod to Pramod Kumar Chauhan and in view of that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Looking to the contents of the FIR it transpires that the allegation of assault is against one Pramod Kumar Chauhan @ Pramod Kumar and these petitioners happened to be mother and father respectively of said Pramod Kumar Chauhan and the altercation took place due to money dispute and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, both the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within two weeks from today, and in 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 like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.45 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 06.05.2026 SI/