2026:JHHC:15813 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2828 of 2026 1. Chhathni Devi 2. Vinay Chaudhary 3. Shobha Kumari 4. Golu Kumar ... Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party --- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RONGON MUKHOPADHYAY For the Petitioners : Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the State : AP.P. --- Order No. 02/ Dated: 29th May, 2026 1. Heard Mr. Ashok Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dandai P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026. 3. It has been alleged that the accused persons had entered into the courtyard of the informant and committed assault upon her husband which resulted in fracture injury on his shoulder. 4. Submission has been advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the first information report has been lodged after a delay of one month. It has further been submitted that a counter case has also been lodged against informant party by the petitioner no.1. Learned counsel adds that so far as the specific allegation of assault is concerned, the same is attributed to Haricharan. 5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 6. Regard being had to the generality of allegation levelled against the petitioners and the fact that there was a case and counter case and the main allegation is attributed to Haircharan, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners above named are directed to surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks and pray for bail, and in that event, they shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Garhwa in connection with Dandai P.S. Case No. 23 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down 2026:JHHC:15537 2 under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. 8. This application stands allowed. (Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.) Dated: 29th May, 2026 Pawan/Abhishek