2026:JHHC:17859 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 2278 of 2026 ------ 1. Bihari Saw, aged about 50 years, son of Late Ramdas Saw 2. Ishwari Saw @ Ishwari Prasad Saw, aged about 55 years, son of Late Ramdas Saw 3. Arjun Saw @ Arjun Prasad, aged about 45 years, son of Late Ramdas Saw 4. Shiv Saw @ Shiv Kumar Saw, aged about 52 years, son of Late Ramdas Saw 5. Lakeshwar Saw @ Talkeshwar Saw, aged about 47 years son of Late Ramdas Saw 6. Gaytri Devi, aged about 44 years, wife of Bihari Saw 7. Aanti Devi @ Aanti Kumari, aged about 24 years, wife of Late Rohit Kumar All residents of Village Sohdi, P.O. and P.S. Lesliganj, District Palamu 8. Gaya Saw @ Gaya Prasad Gupta, aged about 58 years, son of Late Muni Saw, resident of Village Padeypur, P.O. and P.S. Bishrampur, District Palamu 9. Uday Saw @ Udesh Saw, aged about 47 years, son of Late Lakhan Saw 10. Gita Devi, aged about 42 years, wife of Udesh Prasad Sl. Nos.9 and 10 are residents of Village Hutar, P.O. and P.S. Barwadih, District Latehar, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Shekhar Prasad Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanat Kumar Jha, A.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Prashant Kumar Rahul, Advocate ------ 02/19.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barwadih P.S. Case No.61 of 2025, registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 118(1), 109(1), 351(3), 303(2) and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Latehar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.7 is daughter-in-law of the informant and having a child of 10 months. He further submits that after the death of the husband of petitioner no.7, younger brother-in-law of petitioner no.7 was provided compassionate appointment and all the retiral benefits of the deceased was taken by the parents of the deceased and the petitioner no.7 was thrown out from the matrimonial home. He next submits that for that a Panchayti 2026:JHHC:17859 was held in which allegations are made of altercation and assault. He also submits that even the injury is found to be simple however, allegations are made of assault by way of knife on the neck. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State and the informant jointly oppose the prayer and submit that the allegations of assault are there. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the informant further added that he has also challenged the injury report before Civil Surgeon as correct opinion has not been made by the Doctor, who has prepared the injury report. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 6. Looking to the contents of the FIR, it transpires that there are general and omnibus allegation of assault against all the accused persons except allegation of assault by knife are there against Bihari Saw and Om Prakash Gupta. Om Prakash Gupta is not petitioner in the present petition however, Bihari Saw is petitioner no.1, in that view of the matter, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail the petitioner no.1- Bihari Saw. Accordingly, prayer for bail of petitioner no.1- Bihari Saw, is hereby, rejected. 7. So far petitioner nos.2 to 10 are concerned, there are general and omnibus allegations against them, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner nos.2 to 10. 8. Accordingly, the petitioner nos.2 to 10 are directed to surrender before the learned court within two weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Latehar, in connection with Barwadih P.S. Case No. 61 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Anit Uploaded 22.06.2026