( 2026:JHHC:18425 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3236 of 2026 1. Mundrika Mehta, aged about 73 years, son of Banarasi Mehta 2. Shiv Kumar Mehta, aged about 47 years, son of Mundrika Mehta 3. Ashok Mehta, aged about 46 years, son of Mundrika Mehta 4. Priye Ranjan Mehta @ Priya Ranjan Mehta, aged about 46 years, son of Mundrika Mehta All residents of village Kharsota, P.O. Morbey, P.S. Majhiaon, District- Garhwa, Jharkhand, 822120 ...... … Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners :Mr. Amit Kumar Chaturvedi, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Bandana Sinha, A.P.P. 02/ 24.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Manjhiaon P.S. Case No. 35 of 2026 registered under sections 303(2), 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 118(2), 109, 3(5) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned A.C.J.M, Garhwa. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners and informant are agnates and altercation took place while informant side were doing borewell nearby the premises of the petitioners. He next submits that now good sense has prevailed between the parties and matter has been compromised. He submits that petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioners may kindly be provided privilege of anticipatory bail. 4. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer and submits that allegations of assault are there. 5. Considering that petitioners and informant are agnates and altercation took place while informant side were doing borewell nearby the premises of the petitioners. Now the matter has been compromised and ( 2026:JHHC:18425 ) petitioners have no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 13 of the petition. 6. In the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the above named, petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks from today and in the event of their surrender / arrest, the petitioners shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M, Garhwa, in connection with Manjhiaon P.S. Case No. 35 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.24.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-