2026:JHHC:18825 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3421 of 2026 ------ 1. Bedanand Ram @ Vidanand Ram, aged about 53 years, son of Gajjo Ram 2. Kiran Devi, aged about 43 years, wife of Bedanand Ram 3. Priya Kumari, aged about 22 years, daughter of Bedanand Ram 4. Madhu Ram, aged about 17 years, son of Bedanand Ram 5. Govind Ram, aged about 28 years, son of Bedanand Ram 6. Neha Devi @ Chandani Kumari, aged about 27 years, care of Govind Ram All are residents of Village Sagrampur, P.O. Padariya, P.S. Hanwara, District Godda, Jharkhand .... .... …. Petitioners Versus The State of Jharkhand .... .... .... Opposite Party CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Petitioners : Mr. Aashutosh Prasad Deo, Advocate Ms. Nirupama, Advocate For the State : Mr. Bishambhar Shastri, A.P.P. ------ 02/29.06.2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Hanwara P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 80 and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Godda. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law of the deceased. He further submits that the charge sheet was already submitted against the husband and he has faced the trial and has been acquitted by the learned Sessions Judge in Sessions Trial No.210 of 2026. He next submits that in the post-mortem report, it has come that death has occurred due to Asphyxia on account of ante mortem hanging. On these grounds, he submits that anticipatory bail may kindly be granted. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposes the prayer and submits that the petitioners are in-laws of the deceased. 5. Considering that the petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law of the deceased and the investigation against these petitioners is kept pending however, the charge sheet has been submitted against the husband, who has faced the trial and he has been acquitted by 2026:JHHC:18825 the learned Sessions Judge in Sessions Trial No.210 of 2026 and the death is said to be due to Asphyxia on account of ante mortem hanging, in the attending facts and circumstances, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners 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, Godda, in connection with Hanwara P.S. Case No. 05 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) Dated 29.06.2026 Anit Uploaded 01.07.2026