( 2026:JHHC:13852 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 2312 of 2026 Rina Murmu, aged about 38 years, wife of Mistri Soren, resident of village Asanbani, P.O. Asanbani, P.S. Ranishwar, District-Dumka, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Malsi Pathak, A.C. to P.P. 02/ 08.05.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Raneshwar P.S. Case No. 60 of 2023 registered under sections 323, 406, 420, 120B, 34 of I.P.C, pending in the Court of learned J.M. Ist Class at Dumka. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner happens to be Mukhiya of Raneshwar Panchayat in the district of Dumka and allegations are made that Rs. 1,20,000/- of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna has been paid to Dhiren Pal. He next submits that for disbursing the same amount, a panchayat was held in which it has been disclosed that Dhiren Pal and Hiren Pal are same person and further in the Aam Sabha, it has also been held that Dhiren Pal is the rightful beneficiary. He next submits that Panchayat Secretary of the said Panchayat has already been granted anticipatory bail in A.B.A. No. 1503 of 2026. 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 said amount has bene paid to wrong person by the petitioner who happens to be Mukhiya. 5. Considering that in the panchayat it has been found that Dhiren ( 2026:JHHC:13852 ) Pal and Hiren Pal are the same person and the person in whose account the said amount has been paid is Dhiren Pal. It is not the case that the petitioner has taken the said amount in his own account or any part amount has come to the petitioner. Further Panchayat Secretary of the said Panchayat has already been granted anticipatory bail in the aforesaid A.B.A and it has been pointed out that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 7 of the petition. 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 J.M. Ist Class at Dumka, in connection with Raneshwar P.S. Case No. 60 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.08.05.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-