[2026:JHHC:14497] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 987 of 2026 1. Vikram Kumar @ Bikram Kumar, aged about 26 years, S/o Dineshwar Prasad Kasera; 2. Vikash Kumar, aged about 36 years, S/o Dineshwar Prasad Kasera; 3. Ribha Kumari @ Ribha Devi, aged about 28 years, W/o Vikash Kumar; All R/o Kariadpur, P.O. & P.S. Ichak, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party with A.B.A. No. 989 of 2026 1. Dineshwar Saw @ Dineshwar Prasad, aged about 55 years, S/o Babu Law Saw; 2. Vinita Devi, aged about 57 years, W/o Dineshwar Prasad; Both R/o Kariadpur, P.O. & P.S. Ichak, District Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Baibhaw Gahlaut, Advocate. For the State : Mr. S.K. Verma, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Prabhat Kumar Sinha, Advocate. ------ 03/ 12.05.2026 Both these anticipatory bail applications are arising out of the same FIR, in view of that both these anticipatory bail applications are being heard together. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.P.P for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant. 3. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection [2026:JHHC:14497] -2- with Ichak P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the informant has got the contract work of cleaning the drainage, however, the cleaning was not made and the drainage water was running from the house of the petitioners for that altercation took place. He next submits that when the altercation was going on, the father of the informant had fallen on the land and thereafter he was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead. He further submits that the deceased has not died due to any injury, rather the death has occurred naturally and that has come in para-34 of the case diary, which is the post-mortem report and in para-30 of the case diary, the informant has informed the police that the death has occurred due to ailment. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 5. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State and learned counsel appearing for the informant jointly opposed the prayer and submit that the altercation took place due to drainage of water and the allegations are made against these petitioners of making assault. 6. Admittedly, in the FIR, it has been alleged that the altercation took place due to drainage of water and further in para-30 of the case diary, the informer of the police has stated that the death was natural and in para-34 of the case diary, which is the post-mortem report, in which, no external injury has been found on the body of the deceased and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, above named. [2026:JHHC:14497] -3- 7. Accordingly, the petitioners, named above, are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh, in connection with Ichak P.S. Case No. 122 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-12.05.2026 Amitesh/-