2026:JHHC:19911 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND, RANCHI ---- A.B.A. No. 3651 of 2026 ---- 1.Anil Bhuiyan @ Anil Kumar, aged about 32 years, son of Shyamlal Bhuiya, resident of Village Madheya PO and PS Manatu Dist. Palamau, Jharkhand 2.Bittu Yadav @ Bittu Kumar Yadav, aged about 28 years, son of Chandradeep Yadav, resident of Village Pakriyadih, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 3.Nawneet Kumar @ Namit Kumar, aged about 40 years, son of Surendra Singh, resident of Village Amwatli, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 4.Arun Singh @ Arun Kumar Mehta, aged about 42 years, son of Tulsi Mahto, resident of Village Padma, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 5.Sangita Devi @ Sangita Rani, aged about 35 years, wife of Arun Singh, resident of Village Padma, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 6.Lalit Thakur @ Soshil Thakur, aged about 22 years, son of Sanjay Thakur, resident of Village Amwatoli, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand 7.Sudhir Vishwakarma @ Sudhir Kumar Vishwakarma, aged about 47 years son of Sarswati Mistry resident of Village Devidih, PO and PS Manatu, District Palamu, Jharkhand .... Petitioners -- Versus -- The State of Jharkhand .... Opposite Party ---- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI --- For the Petitioners :- Mr. Vishwajeet Kr Tiwari, Advocate Mr. Sheo Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :- Mrs. Anuradha Sahay, Advocate ---- 2/07.07.2026 Heard learned counsels for petitioners and for State. 2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Manatu PS Case No.14 of 2026, for offence registered under section 126(2), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 121(1), 121(2), 122(1), 122(2), 131, 132, 117(2), 115(2), 118(1), 118(2), 2026:JHHC:19911 2 125(a), 125(b), 195(1), 192, 221 and 109 of BNS, 2023, pending in court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Palamu. 3. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that one accident has taken place and due to that, the near-by people were agitaging and during the agitation, altercation took place with the police. He next submits that there are 29 named accused persons and 50-60 unknown persons. He next submits that there are general and omnibus allegations and he submits that 8 of the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in ABA No.2883 of 2026. 4. Learned State counsel opposes prayer and submits that the allegations are there of entering into altercation with the police personnel. 5. Considering that allegations are made against 29 named persons and 50-60 unknown persons and the agitation was going on due to road accident in which a boy has died and the co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in the aforesaid ABA, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioners. 6. Accordingly, the petitioners, above named, are hereby directed to surrender before learned court within three weeks from today, and in event of their surrender/arrest, petitioners, above named, shall be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each, with two sureties of like amount each, to satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Palamu, in connection with Manatu PS Case No.14 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) 07.07.2026 SI/