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2026 DAILYLAW 18168 (JHR)

KANCHAN DEVI v. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

A.B.A./3396/2026 · 2026-06-29

Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

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( 2026:JHHC:18777 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A. B. A. No. 3396 of 2026 Kanchan Devi, aged about 34 years, wife of Guddu Pramanik, resident of Udhwa Mohanpur, Post Office-Udhwa, Police Statation-Radhanagar, District- Sahebganj, Jharkhand ...... … Petitioner Versus The State of Jharkhand .…. … Opposite Party -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioner :Mr. Ranjan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Satish Prasad, A.P.P. 02/ 29.06.2026: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending her arrest in connection with Radhanagar P.S. Case No. 02 of 2026, registered under sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of BNS, 2023, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Rajmahal. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a lady and altercation took place due to land dispute. He next submits that there are case and counter case between the parties. He further submits that although the allegations are made against the petitioner of pelting bricks upon the son of the informant however that is not correct and as a matter of fact due to altercation the son of the informant has fallen down and due to that he has received injury. He submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. 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. Looking into contents of F.I.R, it transpires that although ( 2026:JHHC:18777 ) allegations of assault are there against the petitioner of pelting bricks and it has been pointed out that due to altercation the son of the informant has fallen down and received injury. There are case and counter case between the parties. The altercation took place due to land dispute and petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is disclosed in para 12 of the petition. 6. 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 within three weeks from today and in the event of her 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 Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Rajmahal, in connection with Radhanagar P.S. Case No. 02 of 2026, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of B.N.S.S, 2023. Dt.29.06.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-