( 2026:JHHC:19418 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3548 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3548 of 2026 1. Pinki Devi, aged about 31 years, wife of Chathi Ram Mahato 2. Chathi Ram Mahato @ Chati Ram Mahato, aged about 45 years, son of Late Nimai Mahato 3. Kawshal Saw, aged about 18 years, son of Vinod Mahato @ Vinod Saw All are residents of Purnadih, P.O. & P.S. Barwadda, District- Dhanbad … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Md. Zaid Ahmed, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Amrita Kumari, A.P.P. ----- 02/03.07.2026 Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned counsel appearing for the State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Barwadda P.S. Case No.71 of 2026 dated 01.05.2026 registered for the offence under Sections 115(2), 132, 191(2), 221 and 351(2) of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that there are case and counter case between the parties. He further submits that the allegations are made of entering into the altercation with the police while the police have reached to arrest Vinod Mahato. He then submits that false allegations are made that the petitioners have gone there to save Vinod Mahato from arrest. He next submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedents, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of altercation with the police. ( 2026:JHHC:19418 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3548 of 2026 5. Considering that there are case and counter case between the parties and the petitioners are having no criminal antecedents, as disclosed in paragraph 17 of this application and in the attending facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are directed to surrender before the learned Court within three 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, Dhanbad in connection with Barwadda P.S. Case No.71 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: 3rd July, 2026 Ajay/