( 2026:JHHC:18452 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3241 of 2026 Safal Kumar Tiwary @ Safal Tiwary @ Safal Kumar Tiwari, aged about 18 years, son of Rajesh Kumar Tiwary @ Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, resident of House No. 526, Rajendra Nagar, P.O. and P.S. Balidih, District-Bokaro, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, Advocate : Ms. Manisha Kumari, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, A.P.P. 02/ 24.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Balidih P.S. Case No. 52 of 2026, registered under sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 351(2) and 3(5) of BNS, pending in the Court of learned S.D.J.M, Bokaro. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that altercation took place while Holi festival was being celebrated. He next submits that there are case and counter case between the parties and injury is simple in nature. He further submits that petitioner is a student and he has passed Senior School Certificate Examination, 2025. On these grounds, he submits that the petitioner 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 there are case and counter case between the parties, the petitioner is a student having no criminal antecedent disclosed in para 17 of the petition and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the above named, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court ( 2026:JHHC:18452 ) within three weeks from today and in the event of his surrender / arrest, the petitioner shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M, Bokaro, in connection with Balidih P.S. Case No. 52 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-