( 2026:JHHC:3700 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 733 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 733 of 2026 1. Satnarayan Modi @ Satyanarayan Modi, son of Late Baleshwar Modi, aged about 74 years, resident of Moriyawan, P.O. & P.S. Jhumri Telaiya, District- Koderma, Jharkhand 2. Ashish Modi @ Ashish Kumar Barnwal, son of Satyanarayan Modi, aged about 27 years, resident of Moriyawan, P.O. Jhumri Telaiya, P.S. Telaiya, District- Koderma, Jharkhand … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Saw, Advocate For the State : Mr. Abhay Kumar Tiwari, A.P.P. ----- 02/11.02.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Mahila Police Station Koderma P.S. Case No.38 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 85, 89, 109(1), 74, 115(2), 351(2), 352/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the Court of the learned S.D.J.M., Koderma. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that petitioner no.1 is the father-in-law and petitioner no.2 is the brother-in-law of the informant. He further submits that false allegations are made against them and entire family members are roped in a case registered under Section 85 and other sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. He next submits that the husband of the informant has been provided anticipatory bail by this Court in A.B.A. No.600 of 2026. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the petitioners are father-in-law and brother-in-law of informant. ( 2026:JHHC:3700 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 733 of 2026 5. Considering that the husband of the informant has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in the aforesaid A.B.A. and he has been granted anticipatory bail on the ground that he was mercilessly assaulted by the informant’s side and in that view of the matter, the petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within two weeks from today and the learned Court shall release the petitioners on such terms, conditions or sureties as the learned Court may deem fit and proper. 6. Accordingly, this application is disposed of. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated: 11th February, 2026 Ajay/