( 2026:JHHC:14796 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2608 of 2026 Badir Yadav @ Badri Gope, age about 53 years, son of Chhathu Gope, resident of village -Harila, P.O. and P.S. Barhi, District-Hazaribag, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Santosh Kr. Soni, Advocate For the State : Mr. Tarun Kumar, A.P.P. 02/ 14.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barhi P.S. Case No. 93 of 2026, registered under sections 115(2), 126 (2), 117(2), 79, 109(1), 329(4), 303(2), 292, 352, 351 (2) and Section 3(5) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Hazaribag. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and first case has been lodged by the petitioner in which the father of the petitioner has received injury and thereafter the present case has been lodged. He next submits that there are general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons and the learned court has rejected the anticipatory bail of the petitioner only on the ground that this petitioner is facing summon trial in a complaint case. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations of assault are there. 5. Considering that there are case and counter case between the parties and anticipatory bail of the petitioner has been rejected by the learned court only on the ground that this petitioner is facing summon trial ( 2026:JHHC:14796 ) in a complaint case, that cannot be sole ground of rejection of anticipatory bail and in identical situation other co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by the learned court. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Hazaribag, in connection with Barhi P.S. Case No. 93 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.14.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-