[ 2026:JHHC:13653] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2172 of 2026 Bharat Mandal, age about 37 Years, Son of Nimai Chandra Mandal, Resident of village- Devalkunda, P.O-Sagjuria, P.S. Nala, District Jamtara. ..... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioner : Mr. K.K. Mishra, Advocate. For the State : Mr. B. Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 07.05.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nala P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 126(2)/352/115(2)/117(2)/118(2)/75(2)/76/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned S.D.J.M., Jamtara. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He next submits that the petitioner and the informant both are neighbours and the children of both the sides have quarreled among themselves and thereafter the informant side has entered into the house of the petitioner and assaulted and for that sister-in-law of this petitioner has lodged a case being Nala P.S. Case No. 04 of 2026 on 09.01.2026. He further submits that thereafter the present case has been lodged on the same day and registered as Nala P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026. He also submits that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para-10 of the petition. 4. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State has opposed the [ 2026:JHHC:13653] -2- prayer and submits that the allegations are there of outraging the modesty. 5. Considering that the first case has been lodged by the sister-in-law of the petitioner and thereafter the present case has been lodged by the informant side and further the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and disclosure to that effect has been made in para- 10 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from today and in the event of her arrest or surrender, he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Jamtara, in connection with Nala P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-07.05.2026 Amitesh/-