( 2026:JHHC:19427 ) -1- A.B.A. No. 3549 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI A.B.A. No. 3549 of 2026 1. Arjun Kumar @ Arjun Oraon, aged about 29 years, son of Harinath Oraon 2. Arbind Kumar @ Arbind Oraon, aged about 29 years, son of Harnath Oraon 3. Jagdish Oraon, aged about 38 years, son of Bhuneshwar Oraon 4. Vikash Kumar Oraon @ Vikash Oraon, aged about 30 years, son of Ramdhani Oraon 5. Sunil Oraon, aged about 30 years, son of Jaura Oraon All are residents of Village Dumri, P.O. Manatu, P.S. Keredari, District- Hazaribag, State- Jharkhand- 825321 … Petitioners -Versus- The State of Jharkhand … Opposite Party ----- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Pratik Sen, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Spl.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 Keredari P.S. Case No.43 of 2026, registered for the offence under Sections 190, 191, 126(2), 115, 117, 308(3), 351(2) and 352 of the BNS, pending in the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Hazaribagh. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are local residents of village- Dumri. He further submits that false allegations are made of assaulting the guard and labourer of the L&T construction company. He also submits that the petitioners are having no criminal antecedents, as disclosed in paragraph 15 of this application. He next submits that the altercation took place because the staff of L&T company have tried to dispossess the local residents. ( 2026:JHHC:19427 ) -2- A.B.A. No. 3549 of 2026 4. Learned counsel appearing for the State opposed the prayer and submits that the allegations are there of altercation with the staff of L&T company and in view of that, the prayer for anticipatory bail may kindly be rejected. 5. Considering that the petitioners are local villagers and altercation took place when the staff of L&T company have tried to dispossess the local residents and further, the petitioners are having no criminal antecedents, as disclosed in paragraph 15 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, 1st Class, Hazaribagh in connection with Keredari P.S. Case No.43 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/