( 2026:JHHC:14183 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 399 of 2026 1. Thakuri Saw, aged about 55 years, son of late Banwari Sao 2. Nitish Kumar Modi, aged about 25 years, son of Dashrath Modi 3. Deepak Kumar Modi, aged about 27 years, son of Dashrath Modi 4. Mantu Modi @ Ajay Kumar, aged about 27 years, son of Dashrath Modi 5. Bhagirath Modi, aged about 52 years, son of late Dwarika Modi 6. Vikash Kumar Barnwal, aged about 26 years, son of Shankar Modi 7. Baby Devi, aged about 50 years, wife of Bhagirath Modi 8. Pramila Devi, aged about 42 years, wife of Nathan Sao 9. Lokmatiya Devi, aged about 39 years, wife of Degan Pandit All resident of village-Pathaldiha, P.O. Palounjiya, P.S. Birni, District- Giridih ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Vijay Kumar Roy, Advocate : For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Arvind Kumar, Advocate 02/ 11.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Birni P.S. Case No. 169 of 2025, registered under sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 115(2), 117(2), 74, 303(2) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits the petitioners have been falsely implicated in this case and there are case and counter case between the parties. He next submits that altercation took place due to land dispute. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsels for the State and informant oppose the prayer and submit that allegations are there of assault and pursuant to that injury has been received. Further, it has been pointed out that petitioner nos. ( 2026:JHHC:14183 ) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 have criminal antecedents. 5. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw this anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner nos. 1 to 4 and 6. 6. Learned counsels for the State and informant have got no objection. 7. Accordingly, anticipatory bail application on behalf of petitioner nos. 1 to 4 and 6 is dismissed as withdrawn. 8. So far petitioner nos. 5, 7 and 9 are concerned, they have got no criminal antecedent and criminal antecedent so far petitioner no.8 is concerned, she is lady and what is nature of criminal antecedent that is not disclosed and the injury is simple in nature. 9. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos. 5, 7, 8 and 9. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner nos. nos. 5, 7, 8 and 9 are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioner nos. 5, 7, 8 and 9 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Giridih, in connection with Birni P.S. Case No. 169 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.11.02.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-