[2026:JHHC:18311] -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3278 of 2026 1. Anant Mandal @ Ananta Mondal aged about 71 years, S/o Late Kashinath Mandal, 2. Astam Mondal @ Astam Mandal aged about 43 years, S/o Anant Mandal, 3. Sima Mandal @ Soma Mondal aged about 36 years, W/o Astam Mandal, 4. Sukhen Mandal @ Sukhan Mondal aged about 38 years, S/o Anant Mandal 5. Saptam Mandal @ Saptam Mondal aged about 49 years, S/o Anant Mandal: All are Residents of Village Chandipur, P.O.+P.S.- Tarapith, District- Birbhum (West Bengal). ..... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand ..... … Opposite Party -------- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. S.P. Roy, Advocate For the State : Mr. Gautam Rakesh, A.P.P. ------ 05/ 23.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Deoghar Town P.S. Case No. 286 of 2025, for the alleged offences registered under Sections 316(2) and 318(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that false allegations are made of not transferring the land. He next submits that there is an agreement for transfer of land between the petitioner No. 1 and one Sanjay Kumar Pandey. He then submits that petitioner No. 1 has taken Rs. 27,80,800/-, but the rest of the amount has not been paid to the petitioner No. 1 by said Sanjay Kumar Pandey, due to that [2026:JHHC:18311] -2- the land has not been transferred in his favour. He further submits that the petitioner No. 1 has issued legal notice to said Sanjay Kumar Pandey asking him to pay the entire consideration amount so that sale deed can be executed. He also submits that the FIR has been lodged by one Samir Nath Khaware and false allegations are made of paying more than one crore. He submits that if any case is made out, that is for the specific performance of an agreement, for that criminal case has been lodged. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be provided to the petitioners. 4. Learned A.P.P appearing for the State has opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of taking money and not transferring the land. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. The agreement is annexed with the petition, which is at page-38 and the same is in the Bengali script, however, translated copy is also annexed herewith, from which, it transpires that the said agreement is between petitioner No. 1 and one Sanjay Kumar Pandey, wherein the FIR has been lodged by one Samir Nath Khaware. It has been admitted by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that that petitioner No. 1 has taken Rs. 27,80,800/- and further Annexure-2 is the legal notice issued to Sanjay Kumar Pandey to pay the entire consideration amount so that sale deed can be executed in his favour and thereafter the present case has been lodged, prima facie, it appears that if any case is made out, that is for the specific performance of an agreement, for that criminal case has been lodged. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to provide anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before the learned Court within three weeks from [2026:JHHC:18311] -3- today, and in the 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 the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Deoghar, in connection with Deoghar Town P.S. Case No. 286 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated:-23.06.2026 Amitesh/-