2026:JHHC:17689 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3168 of 2026 ---- 1.Bikash Kumar Yadav @ Rajveer Kumar, aged about 30 years 2.Mukesh Kumar Yadav @ Raj Ranjan Kumar, aged about 31 years 3.Niraj Kumar Yadav @ Niraj Kumar, aged about 33 years, All are sons of Suresh Yadav, resident of H.E. School Road, Vistipara, Near Shitala Mandir, PO and PS Dhanbad, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Prabhash Chandra Jha, Advocate Mr. Raj Nandan Chatterjee, Advocate For the State :- Mr. Azeemuddin, Advocate ---- 2/18.06.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.50 of 2026, for offence registered under section 115(2), 126(2), 109(1), 117(2), 74, 303(2) and 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and both the sides are running Khatals and due to that business altercation took place and even the petitioner nos.1 and 2 have received the injury and the injury has been found to be grievous and for that a case has been lodged by the petitioners. He next submits that the allegation of molestation is made and that too, in front of the father, which is not possible and that too, in the broad-day light and the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in paragraph no.11 of 2026:JHHC:17689 2 the petition. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that allegations of assault and molestation are there. 5. Considering that both the sides are in the business of Khatal and due to that the altercation took place and it has been pointed out that the petitioner nos.1 and 2 have received grievous injury and for that another case has been lodged by the petitioners and further the allegations are made that molestation was tried to be done in presence of the father of these petitioners and that too in a broad-day light and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedent as aforesaid, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, the petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, at Dhanbad, in connection with Dhanbad PS Case No.50 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 18.06.2026 SI/