( 2026:JHHC:14555 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2462 of 2026 1. Pusiya Devi, aged about 65 years, wife of Topan Mahato 2. Topan Mahato, aged about 72 years, son of late Raghu Mahato 3. Triveni Kumar Mahato @ Triveni Kumar Mahto, aged about 42 years, son of Topan Mahato 4. Suresh Mahato @ Suresh Kumar Saw, aged about 34 years, son of Topan Mahato All resident of village Gora, P.O. Tilaiya, P.S. Barwadda, District- Dhanbad. ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Mukesh Bihari Lal, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sunil Kumar Dubey, A.P.P 02/ 13.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barwadda P.S. Case No. 36 of 2026 registered under sections 189(2), 189(3), 190, 329, 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 352 of BNS, pending in the Court of learned J.M, Ist Class, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and altercation took place due to land dispute and both sides have received injury. He submits that petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 16 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners 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, altercation took place due to land dispute and both sides have received injury. The petitioners have got no criminal antecedent which is ( 2026:JHHC:14555 ) disclosed in para 16 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners 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 J.M, Ist Class, Dhanbad, in connection with Barwadda P.S. Case No. 36 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.13.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-